Eldridge Cleaver
Known For
Acting
Born
August 31, 1935
Died
May 1, 1998 (aged 62)
Birthplace
Wabbaseka, Arkansas, USA
Biography
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".
