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Leroy Eldridge Cleaver (August 31, 1935 – May 1, 1998) was a leader of the militant leftist Black Panther Party and author of the influential book, Soul on Ice.After a tumultuous journey through a youth spent in and out of prison, he was briefly a member of the Nation of Islam. He later served as chief propagandist for the Black Panthers and was a candidate for the U.S. presidency, but ran ...
2 de may. de 1998 · Eldridge Cleaver, Black Panther leader and symbol of black rebellion in turbulent 60's, dies at age 62; Cleaver wrote searing prison memoir Soul on Ice, jumped bail after shootout, fled to Cuba ...
3 de ene. de 1999 · Cleaver fled to Cuba, then later to Algeria, to avoid going back to jail for a shootout with the police that killed Bobby Hutton. He broke with Newton over the party's direction and formed his own ...
Books. Soul on Ice. Eldridge Cleaver. Random House Publishing Group, 1992 - Social Science - 256 pages. The classic memoir that shocked, outraged, and ultimately changed the way America looked at the civil rights movement and the black experience.With a preface by Ishmael Reed • “As with Malcolm X, Cleaver’s book is a spiritual autobiography.
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. The treatises were first printed in the nationally-circulated monthly Ramparts and became widely read for their illustration and commentary ...
11 de jun. de 2018 · Leroy Eldridge Cleaver. Leroy Eldridge Cleaver (born 1935), an American writer and a leader of the Black Panther party, was noted for advocating violent revolution within the United States.. Leroy Eldridge Cleaver was born August 31, 1935 in Wabbaseka, Arkansas, the son of Leroy Cleaver, a waiter and piano player, and Thelma Cleaver, an elementary school teacher.
