Eldridge Cleaver was a leading member of the Black Panther Party, a convict, and a writer (best known for his Soul on Ice). Later in life he turned to Christianity and political conservatism.
Contents:
Introduction / Robert Scheer -- Affidavit #1 : I am 33 years old -- The decline of the Black Muslims -- Psychology : the Black Bible -- Robert Kennedy's prison -- The courage to kill : meeting the Panthers -- Introduction to The Biography of Huey P. Newton -- My father and Stokely Carmichael -- The land question and Black liberation -- The death of Martin Luther King : requiem for nonviolence -- Affidavit #2 : Shoot-out in Oakland -- Open letter to Ronald Reagan -- Stanford speech -- Farewell address -- Appendix: Playboy interview [with Nat Hentoff] -- Acknowledgments
