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".
Birth Location | Wabbaseka, Arkansas, USA |
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Born | 1935-08-31 |
Died | 1998-05-01 |