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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.
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]
The conception of The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 is unique in that the 16 mm film footage used was originally shot by Swedish journalists in the 1960s and 1970s for Swedish Television, but the editing and release of the film did not take place for more than 3 decades after the era when it was discovered by director Göran Olsson.
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.
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.
Wally Cleaver was an encouraging, understanding and sensitive older brother, a rarity in TV land and in real life — the brother we wished we had. Tony Dow, the actor who played Wally Cleaver on ...
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