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Leroy Eldridge Cleaver (August 31, 1935 – May 1, 1998) was an American writer and political activist who became an early leader of the Black Panther Party. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] 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". [ 3 ]
The film covers Black Panther activist Eldridge Cleaver while exiled in Algeria. Cleaver moved to Algeria after the U.S. state of California tried to charge him with intent to murder. In the documentary, Cleaver discusses revolution in the United States and denounces political figures Richard Nixon, Spiro Agnew, Ronald Reagan and Richard J. Daley.
Cleaver Eldridge Cleaver was paroled from California's Folsom State Prison , with the help of Edward M. Keating , the publisher of Ramparts magazine, and immediately hired there as a staff writer. Ramparts had published letters written by Cleaver, while he was serving a sentence for rape and attempted murder, and these would be released in 1968 ...
Robert James Hutton (April 21, 1950–April 6, 1968), also known as "Lil' Bobby," was the treasurer and first recruit to join the Black Panther Party. [1] Alongside Eldridge Cleaver and other Panthers, he was involved in a confrontation with Oakland police that wounded two officers.
Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Movement is an American television series and 14-part documentary about the 20th-century civil rights movement in the United States. [1]
Also on the ballot in two or more states were black activist Eldridge Cleaver (who was ineligible to take office, as he would have only been 33 years of age on January 20, 1969) for the Peace and Freedom Party; Henning Blomen for the Socialist Labor Party; Fred Halstead for the Socialist Workers Party; E. Harold Munn for the Prohibition Party ...
Cleaver was wounded and fellow Black Panther member Bobby Hutton was killed in a shootout following the initial exchange of gunfire. [10] Charged with attempted murder, he jumped bail to flee to Cuba and later went to Algeria. When Eldridge Cleaver returned to the United States, he stated the shootout was a deliberate ambush against police.
Eldridge Cleaver (1935–1998), American writer and political activist; Emanuel Cleaver (born 1944), U.S. Representative for Missouri and United Methodist pastor; Euseby Cleaver (1746–1819), Anglican Archbishop of Dublin; Fred Cleaver (1885–1968), English footballer; Gerald Cleaver (musician) (born 1963), African-American jazz drummer