Soul on Ice (book)
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Soul on Ice is a memoir and collection of essays by
Background
Eldridge Cleaver was born in
While imprisoned at Soledad, Cleaver obtained his high school diploma and read the works of
The essays in Soul on Ice are divided in four thematic sections:[6]
- "Letters from Prison", describing Cleaver's experiences with and thoughts on crime and prisons
- "Blood of the Beast", discussing race relations and promoting black liberation ideology
- "Prelude to Love - Three Letters", Two love letters written to Cleaver's attorney, Beverly Axelrod and one written to Cleaver by Axelrod.
- "White Woman, Black Man", on gender relations, black masculinity, and sexuality
The central premise surrounding the book as a whole is the trouble of "identification as a black soul which has been 'colonized'... by an oppressive white society that projects its brief, narrow vision of life as eternal truth."
Censorship
The book was one of eleven involved in Island Trees School District v. Pico, a 1982 U.S. Supreme Court case. The books were removed from libraries or otherwise restricted by the board of education of the Island Trees Union Free School District in New York.[10]
See also
References
- ^ Taylor, Michael (May 2, 1998). "Ex-Black Panther Eldridge Cleaver Dies / 'Soul on Ice' author, voice of black resistance was 62". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved May 11, 2010.
- ^ Kifner, John (May 2, 1998). "Eldridge Cleaver, Black Panther Who Became G.O.P. Conservative, Is Dead at 62". The New York Times. Retrieved May 11, 2011.
- ^ Bailey, Jeff. "Leroy Eldridge Cleaver". The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture. Retrieved May 11, 2011.
- ^ Warren, Jennifer (May 2, 1998). "Former Black Panther Eldridge Cleaver Dies at 62". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 5, 2011.
- ISBN 0-385-33379-X.
- ^ Andrews, William L., Frances Smith. Foster, and Trudier Harris. The Oxford Companion to African American Literature. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997.
- ^ Cleaver (1999). Soul on Ice. p. 14.
- ^ Auther, Jennifer, and Reuters (May 1, 1998). "'He was a symbol': Eldridge Cleaver dies at 62". CNN.
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- ^ "Island Trees Sch. Dist. v. Pico by Pico 457 U.S. 853 (1982)". Justia. Retrieved September 30, 2015.
External links
- Guide to the Eldridge Cleaver Papers at The Bancroft Library
- "Cleaver, Eldridge". The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001–07