Biography

Eldridge Cleaver was born on August 31, 1935 in Wabbaseka, Arkansas, USA. He was a director and writer, known for Congo Oyé (We Have Come Back) (1971), 1 P.M. (1971) and Maclear (1974). He was married to Kathleen Cleaver. He died on May 1, 1998 in Pomona, California, USA.

Minister of information for the Black Panther Party, 1960's.

Biography in: "American National Biography". Supplement 1, pp. 112-115. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.

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

[on why he kept a picture of Mao Zedong on his wall] Because Mao Zedong is the baddest motherfucker on planet earth.