Eldridge Cleaver (1935-1998) wrote his magnum opus, Soul on Ice, while serving a prison sentence in the infamous Folsom State Prison before joining the Black Panther Party. In 1958 he was put in jail for rape. Eldridge Cleaver wrote 'Soul on Ice,' a best-selling collection of essays about his time in prison, and was the minister of information for the Black Panthers. Former Black Panther information minister Eldridge Cleaver was a complex man who inspired profound adulation, love, rage, and, among many, fear. Running on a platform of immediate withdrawal from Vietnam and support of the Black liberation movement. There he was given a copy of The Communist Manifesto. See less Eldridge Cleaver book subjects When he … Target Zero brings Cleaver's controversial story into focus through his own words. Soul on Ice is a memoir and collection of essays by Eldridge Cleaver.Originally written in Folsom State Prison in 1965, and published three years later in 1968, it is Cleaver's best known writing and remains a seminal work in African-American literature. With a preface by Ishmael Reed - "As with Malcolm X, Cleaver's book is a spiritual autobiography. Leroy Eldridge Cleaver, better known as Eldridge Cleaver, was a writer and political activist who became an early leader of the Black Panther Party. Eldridge Cleaver in Exile. By turns... Free Shipping on all orders over $10. Former Black Panther information minister Eldridge Cleaver was a complex man who inspired profound adulation, love, rage, and, among many, fear. Eldridge Cleaver, author of Soul on Ice, Senior Editor of Ramparts Magazine, and Minister of Information of the Black Panther Party, will be on the ballot in some twenty states as the Presidential candidate of the Peace and Freedom Party. Looking for books by Eldridge Cleaver? Find a huge variety of new & used Eldridge Cleaver books online including bestsellers & rare titles at the best prices. His father, Leroy Cleaver was a nightclub entertainer and a waiter, and his mother an elementary school teacher. See all books authored by Eldridge Cleaver, including Soul On Ice, and Post-Prison Writings and Speeches, and more on ThriftBooks.com. His father was reported to be a violent man who beat his wife. An odyssey of a soul in search of itself, groping toward a personal humanism which will give meaning to life." 50 years later, Justin Gifford traveled to North Africa to uncover his life and legacy. Eldridge’s unruly conduct continued into adulthood and eventually led to his conviction and imprisonment for assault with intent to commit murder at the age of 22. Eldridge Cleaver spent his youth in and out of jails, reformatories, and prisons, his most serious crimes being a series of rapes. 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