Eldridge Cleaver

Born: 1935-08-31

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".