Eldridge Cleaver

    Eldridge Cleaver

    August 31, 1935 (89 years old) in Wabbaseka, Arkansas, USA

    Leroy Eldridge Cleaver was an American writer and political activist who became an early leader of the Black Panther Party. In 1968, Cleaver wrote Soul on Ice, a collection of essays that, at the time of its publication, was praised by The New York Times Book Review as "brilliant and revealing".

    Known For

    The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the RevolutionThe Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
    Black PanthersBlack Panthers
    A Huey P. Newton StoryA Huey P. Newton Story
    Malcolm XMalcolm X
    A Decade of StruggleA Decade of Struggle

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