Eldridge Cleaver (1935–1998) wrote his magnum opus, Soul on Ice, while serving a prison sentence in the infamous Folsom State Prison before joining the Black Panther Party.
"A collection of essays straight out of Dante's Inferno. The hell
is there, and its name is America...as with Malcolm X, Cleaver's
book is a spiritual autobiography. An odyssey of a soul in search
of itself, groping toward a personal humanism which will give
meaning to life...the book is important...the book is
extraordinary."—Shane Stevens, The Progressive
"A remarkable book...beautifully written...Eldridge Cleaver makes
you twist and flinch...he throws light on the dark areas that we
wish he would leave alone."—The Nation
"Brilliant and revealing."—New York Times Book Review
"All the essays [in Soul on Ice] deal with racial hurt, racial
struggle, and racial pride...Eldridge Cleaver is a promising and
powerful writer, an intelligent and turbulent and passionate and
eloquent man."—Robert Coles, Atlantic Monthly
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