Eldridge Cleaver

Born in Wabbaseka, Arkansas, USA on August 31, 1935 — died May 1, 1998 (aged 62)

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".