Eldridge Cleaver

Biography

Leroy Eldridge Cleaver was a writer and political activist who became an early leader of the Black Panther Party, serving as Minister of Information and Head of the International Section. In 1968, he published Soul on Ice, a collection of essays that garnered both praise and condemnation for its scathing commentary on American society. After being convicted of assault and attempted murder in 1966, Cleaver spent seven years in exile before re-emerging as a fugitive.