1. Eldridge Cleaver, in full Leroy Eldridge Cleaver, (born 1935, Wabbaseka, near Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.—died May 1, 1998, Pomona, California), American Black militant whose autobiographical volume Soul on Ice (1968) is a classic statement of Black alienation in the United States.

2. Eldridge Cleaver wrote 'Soul on Ice,' a best-selling collection of essays about his time in prison, and was the minister of information for the Black Panthers.