Back to People
Eldridge Cleaver

Eldridge Cleaver

Acting
31 Aug 1935
01 May 1998
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".

Also Known As

Eldridge Leroy Cleaver, Leroy Eldridge Cleaver

Photos

Eldridge Cleaver photo 1