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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.
The film does the same with Black Power leaders and icons including Angela Davis, Bobby Seale, and Eldridge Cleaver, and thus the Black Power movement is portrayed in a more positive light that is usually reserved for the Civil Rights Movement when analyzing United States History. [20]
Soul on Ice is a memoir and collection of essays by Eldridge Cleaver.Originally written in Folsom State Prison in 1965, and published three years later in 1968, it is Cleaver's best known writing and remains a seminal work in African-American literature.
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
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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.