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Eldridge Cleaver

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Also known as Leroy Eldridge Cleaver

American activist (1935–1998)

Person · Open Library

Born
1935-08-31
Died
1998-05-01
Works
23

Top works

  • Firing line
  • Education and revolution
  • Soul on ice
  • Credo for rioters and looters
  • Soul on Islam

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1935-08-31
Active to
1998-05-01

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
483
Total plays
1,056

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Quotes

  • We shall have our manhood. We shall have it or the earth will be leveled by our attempts to gain it.
  • All the gods are dead except the god of war.
  • 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.
  • Americans think of themselves collectively as a huge rescue squad on twenty-four-hour call to any spot on the globe where dispute and conflict may erupt.
  • It is not an overstatement to say that the destiny of the entire human race depends on what is going on in America today. This is a staggering reality to the rest of the world; they must feel like passengers in a supersonic jet liner who are forced to watch helplessly while a passel of drunks, hypes, freaks, and madmen fight for the controls and the pilot’s seat.
  • Pig power in America was infuriating, but pig power in the communist framework was awesome and unaccountable. No protection by outbursts in the press and electronic media—the Reds owned it. No shelter under the benevolent protection of a historic constitution—the Marxists held the book and they tore out the pages that sheltered you. No counterweight from religious and church organizations—they were invisible and silent.

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