Revolution or death : the life of Eldridge Cleaver /

Gifford, Justin, 1975-

Revolution or death : the life of Eldridge Cleaver / Justin Gifford. - First edition. - xii, 331 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Prologue : Escape (1968) -- Slavery and the American south (1838-1944) -- Phoenix and the west (1944-1945) -- Los Angeles and the great migration (1945-1949) -- Reform school (1950-1954) -- Soledad prison (1954-1957) -- San Quentin prison (1958-1963) -- Folsom prison (1963-1965) -- California men's colony and Soledad prison (1965-1966) -- Oakland (1966-1968) -- Rebellion (1968) -- Cuba (1968-1969) -- Algeria (1969-1970) -- The international section of the Black Panther Party (1970-1972) -- Paris (1973-1975) -- Born again (1975-1981) -- America (1981-1998).

"The first trade biography of one of the most notorious black revolutionaries in history, exploring the audacious dreams and spiritual transformations of the eccentric radical and placing him squarely within the context of his changing times"--

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Cleaver, Eldridge, 1935-1998.


Black Panther Party.


African American political activists--Biography.
Political activists--United States--Biography.
African Americans--Politics and government--20th century.


United States--Race relations--History--20th century.

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