Podcast Mentions
Soul on Ice
Eldridge Cleaver
Letters and essays from Folsom State Prison during the early 1960's lay bare Cleaver's ideas about himself as an Afro-American and the society which has nurtured him
Podcasts
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Podcast
The BOB & TOM Show Free Podcast
Chick McGee recalled reading the title many years earlier and described it as a really good book, noting its significance in his memory. He also shared an odd anecdote about the author designing pants with the male member on the outside, which added a quirky side note to the discussion.
Episode: Full Show Podcast for April 16, 2024
This book was mentioned by Chick McGee, who said he had read it many years ago and recalled that it was written by Eldridge Cleaver. He also said that Cleaver had designed pants with the male member on the outside.
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He wrote a really good book called Soul on Ice, yeah.
He designed his own pants Later on in his career he designed pants That had the male member on the outside Kind of like an a knit sleeve Like a pouch
It was mentioned as a book that Alice found appalling, which contained some controversial views about white women.
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She brought up a chapter in the Eldridge Cleaver, in which book in which he discussed the crime of raping white women.
— Episode: 423 - West Virginia Textbook War
Episode: 423 - West Virginia Textbook War
It was mentioned as a book that Alice found appalling, which contained some controversial views about white women.
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She brought up a chapter in the Eldridge Cleaver, in which book in which he discussed the crime of raping white women.
Episode: 423 - West Virginia Textbook War
It was mentioned as a book containing offensive content, including a chapter that Alice believed did not reflect Black culture, that had been removed from the textbook.
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She brought up a chapter in the Eldridge Cleaver book in which he discussed the crime of raping white women.
Alice said this did not represent black culture.
Podcast
American History Tellers
This memoir was written by Eldridge Cleaver while he was in prison, and it gained him fame.
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Newton did 33 months behind bars. Throughout that time, his fellow Panthers held frequent free Huey rallies. In 1968, there was another high-profile altercation with the cops. One Panther was killed a...
— Episode: The 1968 Chicago Protests - The Trial of...
Episode: The 1968 Chicago Protests - The Trial of the Chica...
This memoir was written by Eldridge Cleaver while he was in prison, and it gained him fame.
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Newton did 33 months behind bars. Throughout that time, his fellow Panthers held frequent free Huey rallies. In 1968, there was another high-profile altercation with the cops. One Panther was killed and Eldridge Cleaver was wounded. Cleaver gained fame for his memoir written in prison, "Soul on Ice," and he had taken a larger role in the Panthers after Newton's arrest.
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