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.  more bio

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updated 1 October 2007 / updated 25 February 2008