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Eldridge Cleaver |
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Eldridge Cleaver was an American Civil Rights activist,
and Minister of Information for the Black Panthers (1967-71).
He was the author of Soul on Ice, which outlined
his views on race in America, and became the political
manifesto of the Black Panther Party. He garnered 30,000
votes as the Peace and Freedom party's candidate for
president in 1968. Cleaver participated in an armed
ambush of San Francisco police officers, and a shootout
with Oakland police after which he fled the country.
Upon his return from exile, he renounced the Black
Panthers, his revolutionary views, and criminal
past.
Originally a militant, leftist, anti-establishment
revolutionary, later in life he swung to the other
end of the political spectrum, becoming a conservative
Republican who unsuccessfully sought the Republican
nomination for the United States Senate from California.
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Biographical fast facts |
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Full or original name at birth: Leroy Eldridge Cleaver
Date and place of birth: August 31, 1935,
Wabbaseka, Arkansas, U.S.A.
Date, place and cause of death: May 1, 1998,
at 6:20 a.m., Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center,
Pomona, California, U.S.A. (Cancer)
Wife: Kathleen Neal Cleaver
Children
Sons: Riley and Ahmad Maceo Eldridge Cleaver (b. July 29, 1969, Tissemsilt, Algeria)
Daughter: Joju Younghi Cleaver (a.k.a. Jojuyounghi Cleaver)
Parents
Father: Leroy Cleaver (a dining car waiter and pianist)
Mother: Thelma Cleaver (a janitress and schoolteacher)
Burial site: Mountain View Cemetery, Altadena, California
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