Eldridge Cleaver

Born

August 31, 1935

Died

May 1, 1998 · age 62

From

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".