Eldridge Cleaver

Eldridge Cleaver (1935-1998), full name Leroy Eldridge Cleaver, was a US civil rights activist. He was leader of the Black Panther movement. He lived in Algeria in exile, but ultimately returned to the United States and became advocate of capitalism.

Wisdom & Quotes

• Americans think of themselves as a huge rescue squad on twenty-four-hour call to any spot on the globe where dispute and conflict may erupt.

- Soul on Ice

• The price of hating other human beings is loving oneself less.

- Soul on Ice

• You're either part of the problem or part of the solution.

- Soul on Ice

• The most revolutionary statement in history is "Love thine enemy."

Lewis Nkosi