Born:
August 31, 1935
in
Wabbaseka, Arkansas, USA
Died:
May 1, 1998(age
62)
About:
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".