Leroy Eldridge Cleaver (August 31, 1935 – May 1, 1998) was an African American writer and political activist, fashion designer, convicted rapist and an early leader of the Black Panther Party serving as …

Eldridge Cleaver (born 1935, Wabbaseka, near Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.—died May 1, 1998, Pomona, California) was an American Black militant whose autobiographical volume Soul on Ice …

Author of Soul on Ice and one of the most recognized activists for Black internationalism, Eldridge Cleaver went from militance to obscurity. Eldridge Leroy Cleaver gave his final interview in 1997, one …

Nov 1, 2021 · Eldridge Cleaver wrote 'Soul on Ice,' a best-selling collection of essays about his time in prison, and was the minister of information for the Black Panthers.

Aug 25, 2016 · Leroy Eldridge Cleaver was born in Wabbaseka, Arkansas and spent most of his childhood in Los Angeles, California where he was in and out of reform schools for his involvement in …

Eldridge Cleaver, author and civil rights activist, was born on August 31, 1935 in Wabbaseka, Arkansas. Cleaver, a child of six, lived in a household where his father abused his mother.

Aug 31, 2025 · Eldridge Cleaver was born on this date in 1935. He was a Black activist and administrator. From Wabbaseka, Arkansas, his family moved first to Phoenix and then to Los …

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.

Eldridge Cleaver (1935-1998) was an influential American civil rights leader and member of the Black Panther Party, known for his role in the Black Power movement during the late 1960s.

Aug 20, 2020 · Cleaver died on May 1, 1998, at age 62 in Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center in Pomona, California, from a heart attack. At the time, he worked as a lecturer and diversity consultant …