Eldridge Cleaver vs. Richard Wright
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Eldridge Cleaver
1935 – 1998
Leroy Eldridge Cleaver was an African American writer and political activist, fashion designer, convicted rapist and an early leader of the Black Panther Party serving as Minister of Information, and while in exile, Head of the International Section of the Panthers. As editor of the official Panthers' newspaper, The Black Panther, Cleaver's influence on the direction of the party was rivaled only by founders Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale.
"I had gotten caught with a shopping bag full of Marijuana, a shopping bag full of love - I was in love with the weed and I did not for one minute think that any…"
Richard Wright
1943 – 2008
Richard or Rick Wright may refer to:
"Cornel West'S Evasion of Philosophy, or, Richard Wright'S Revenge" by Ralph Dumain"
Connections
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