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Leroy Eldridge Cleaver (August 31, 1935 – May 1, 1998) was an American writer and political activist who became an early leader of the Black Panther Party. [1] [2] 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". [3] .
Apr 2, 2014 · (1935-1998) Who Was Eldridge Cleaver? Eldridge Cleaver spent much of his youth in reform school and prisons in California. He began writing while incarcerated. Freed on parole, he joined...
Soul on Ice is a memoir and collection of essays by Eldridge Cleaver. Originally written in Folsom State Prison in 1965, and published three years later in 1968, it is Cleaver's best known writing and remains a seminal work in African-American literature.
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Jun 7, 2024 · Eldridge Cleaver (born 1935, Wabbaseka, near Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.—died May 1, 1998, Pomona, California) was an American Black militant whose autobiographical volume Soul on Ice (1968) is a classic statement of Black alienation in the United States.
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May 23, 2018 · Eldridge Cleaver literally leaped from confinement in a tough, maximum-security prison to a high-profile life among West Coast intellectuals and African American community leaders. He served as an editor and contributor to Ramparts and, in his spare time, helped to start Black House, a San Francisco cultural center for African American youth.
Feb 4, 2009 · Due to the popularity of Soul on Ice, Cleaver soon became one of the best known Panther leaders, a position enhanced by his 1968 run for U.S. president on the Peace and Freedom Party ticket. That same year Cleaver was severely wounded during a shootout between Black Panthers and Oakland police.
