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Cleaver, Eldridge

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Cleaver, (Leroy) Eldridge (1935–1998)

US political activist. He joined the Black Panthers in 1967 (see Black Power), becoming minister of information, and stood for US president in 1968. After a fight with the police, he fled to Cuba in 1968 and Algeria in 1969. His political autobiography, Soul on Ice, was published in 1968.

While in prison 1957–66, Cleaver became a Black Muslim minister. Later he became a born-again Christian in France, and toured the USA as an evangelist. His Post-Prison Writings and Speeches were published in 1969.



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