Eldridge Cleaver

Leroy Eldridge Cleaver from Wabbaseka (Jefferson County), minister of information for the Black Panther Party; October 1968.

African-American man in white shirt and leather jacket holding his hand to his face

Courtesy of the Library of Congress

Media

Time Period

World War II through the Faubus Era (1941 - 1967)

Category

Civil Rights and Social Change / Modern Era / Race

Type

Person

Race & Ethnicity

African American

Gender

Male

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