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Eldridge Cleaver

1935 - 1998

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Leroy Eldridge Cleaver (August 31, 1935 – May 1, 1998) was an American writer and political activist who became an early leader of the Black Panther Party. In 1968, Cleaver wrote Soul on Ice, a collection of essays that, at the time of its publication, was praised by The New York Times Book Review as "brilliant and revealing". Cleaver stated in Soul on Ice: "If a man like Malcolm X could change and repudiate racism, if I myself and other former Muslims can change, if young whites can change, then there is hope for America." Cleaver went on to become a prominent member of the Black Panthers, having the titles Minister of Information and Head of the International Section of the Panthers, while a fugitive from the United States criminal justice system in Cuba and Algeria. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eldridge Cleaver has received more than 2,270,617 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Eldridge Cleaver is the 5,857th most popular writer (down from 5,378th in 2019), the 9,211th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,728th in 2019) and the 700th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.65

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.87

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

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African Americans, Biography, Politics and government
2005
Soul on ice
African Americans, Psychology, Civil rights
1968
Eldridge Cleaver
African Americans, Black Panthers, Politics and government
1969
Post-prison writings and speeches
Negroes, African Americans, African americans
1969
Eldridge Cleaver
1967
Soul on ice
African Americans, Psychology, Black Panther Party
A collection of essays and open letters written while a prisoner at California's Folsom State prison.
1967

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Eldridge Cleaver ranks 5,857 out of 7,302. Before him are Granius Licinianus, Margaret Mazzantini, Arthur Symons, Xosé María Díaz Castro, Daniel Goldhagen, and Charles Mackay. After him are José Amador de los Ríos, Tony Hillerman, Malcolm Bradbury, Joan D. Vinge, André Chamson, and Laura Restrepo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Eldridge Cleaver ranks 451. Before him are Agnes Simon, Justin Francis Rigali, Carol Shields, György Kárpáti, Hans Sturm, and Tibor Pézsa. After him are Steve Lawrence, Leonel Mário d'Alva, Kazimierz Zimny, Boris Stenin, Valdis Muižnieks, and Gilbert Bozon. Among people deceased in 1998, Eldridge Cleaver ranks 269. Before him are Francesc Xavier Bultó, Eleanor Garatti, Binnie Barnes, Mae Questel, Jesús Loroño, and Ernst Ising. After him are Naim Talu, Justin Fashanu, Louis Chaillot, Alberto Calderón, Tadeusz Ślusarski, and Valerio Perentin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Eldridge Cleaver ranks 9,211 out of 20,380. Before him are Daniel Goldhagen (1959), James M. Cox (1870), Commodore Cochran (1902), James MacArthur (1937), William Beebe (1877), and Tim Miller (1964). After him are Mary Kay Place (1947), Pernell Whitaker (1964), Little Willie John (1937), Jonathan Togo (1977), Rachel Nichols (1980), and Hugo Black (1886).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Eldridge Cleaver ranks 700. Before him are Chaz Bono (1969), M. Scott Peck (1936), Akiva Goldsman (1962), Robinson Jeffers (1887), Judy Blume (1938), and Daniel Goldhagen (1959). After him are Tony Hillerman (1925), Joan D. Vinge (1948), Archibald MacLeish (1892), Booth Tarkington (1869), Eric Van Lustbader (1946), and R. A. Lafferty (1914).

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