Background

Cleaver, Leroy Eldridge was born on August 31, 1935 in Wabbaseka, Arkansas, United States.

Career

Senior editor Ramparts magazine, 1966.

Achievements

• Leroy Eldridge Cleaver has been listed as a noteworthy political activist by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Soul on Ice

    (The now-classic memoir that shocked, outraged, and ultima...)

    1968
  • Target Zero: A Life in Writing

    (Former Black Panther information minister Eldridge Cleave...)

  • Post-Prison Writings and Speeches

    (Eldridge Cleaver (1935-1998) was a leading member of the ...)

  • Soul on Fire

    (In Soul on Fire, Eldridge Cleaver tells of his childhood ...)

    1978

Membership

With Black Panther Party, 1966-1971. Candidate for president Peace and Freedom Party, 1968. Sought Republican nominationfor United States Senator from California, 1986.

Connections

Father:

Leroy Cleaver

Mother:

Thelma Hattie Robinson

Spouse:

Kathleen Neal Cleaver

Son:

Ahmad Maceo Eldridge

Daughter:

Joju Younghi

Friend:

Huey Newton

Friend:

Bobby Seale

Robert George Seale (born October 22, 1936) is an American political activist. He and fellow activist Huey P. Newton co-founded the Black Panther Party.

References

• Eldridge Cleaver Twayne's United States Authors Series
  1991