Eldridge Cleaver

Born

1935-08-31

Died

1998-05-01

Birthplace

Wabbaseka, Arkansas, USA

Biography

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".