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Article: News and Views: Leroy Eldridge Cleaver; 1935-1998
- Article from:
- The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education
- Article date:
- December 31, 1998
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NEWS AND VIEWS: Leroy Eldridge Cleaver; 1935-1998
In 1968 the University of California at Berkeley offered Black Panther Eldridge Cleaver the opportunity to teach an experimental course on racism. Then Governor Ronald Reagan, who chaired the board of regents of the university, was furious: "If Eldridge Cleaver is allowed to teach our children, they may come home one night and slit our throats." Sixteen years later, Eldridge Cleaver was actively supporting the reelection of Ronald Reagan as President of the United States.
The life of Leroy Eldridge Cleaver is a story of extraordinary contradictions. He was a rapist, drug dealer and drug addict, a celebrated writer, armed revolutionary, ...
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Article: Obituary: Eldridge Cleaver
The Independent - London;
May 4, 1998 ;
700+ words
... ... Republican. But 30 years ago, Eldridge Cleaver, arguably the most remarkable ... finally Christianity once more. Eldridge Cleaver was born in the American South ... to creation rights." Leroy Eldridge Cleaver, political activist: born ...
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