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Books by
Eldridge Cleaver
Soul on Ice /
Post-Prison Writings and
Speeches / Target
Zero; A Life in Writing /
Conversation with Eldridge Cleaver
Being Black /
Education and Revolution /
Eldridge Cleaver /
Eldridge Cleaver Is Free
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Bio Sketch
1935 (August 31) -- Born in Wabbaseka, Arkansas.
His family moved first to Phoenix and then to Los Angeles. Grew up in Watts
section.
His father was a dining car waiter; his mother a maid. Ran into trouble with the
law and finally arrested for theft and
selling marijuana.
1954 to 1957 -- Imprisoned at eighteen for possession of a bag of
marijuana
1957 -- Arrested for rape and attempted murder. Convicted of assault with intent to murder and
sent to California's tough San Quentin and Folsom prisons. Received two to
fourteen year sentence.
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