Eldridge Cleaver - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Eldridge Cleaver Printer Friendly
Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary
1,760,516,710 visitors served.
forum mailing list For webmasters
?
New: Language forums
Dictionary/
thesaurus
Medical
dictionary
Legal
dictionary
Financial
dictionary
Acronyms
 
Idioms
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
encyclopedia
?

Cleaver, Eldridge
(redirected from Eldridge Cleaver)

    Also found in: Encyclopedia, Wikipedia 0.03 sec.

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.



How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content.
?Page tools
Printer friendly
Cite / link
 Email
Feedback
?Sign in SSL protected
Email:
Password:
Register

? Mentioned in ? References in periodicals archive
 
Then young Bobby Hutton was killed in a shootout with the Oakland Police Department, and best-selling author Eldridge Cleaver, of Soul on Ice (McGraw Hill, 1968) fame, barely escaped with his life during that same incident.
"The most dangerous organization in America": forty years after the ... by Beauford, Fred / Black Issues Book Review
And the former combative partisan has been a peacemaker as well, quelling the occasional prison riot and playing host to former Black Panther Eldridge Cleaver and ex-Ku Klux Klan bomb-maker Tommy Tarrants at a prayer dinner.
Born again, again: a new biography of Charles Colson is yet another ... by Blumenthal, Max / Washington Monthly
His descendents resisted selling out to a string of out-of-town cemetery operators who offered top dollar in the 1990s for the 60-acre burial grounds of former television Superman George Reeves, Black Panther founder Eldridge Cleaver and 110,000 other souls.
Not a matter of grave concern by Nash, James / Los Angeles Business Journal
More results
 
Hutchinson browser? ? Full browser
 
 
Hutchinson Encyclopedia
?

Disclaimer | Privacy policy | Feedback | Copyright © 2009 Farlex, Inc.
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. Terms of Use.