![]() During the 60s, the militant young author was a curious combination of a criminal, a converted Black Muslim, unconverted by the assassination of Malcolm X, and an anti-white individual ready to rip the ''system'' apart. This was Eldridge Cleaver at Harvard, a scene repeated at other college campuses in New England during the past week.Īny similarity between the Cleaver of today and the Cleaver of the 60s is unintentional. We need ownership, jobs, salaries, not handouts from politicians!''Ī mixture of jeers and cheers. ![]() And our leadership was unable to deliver. But Democrats had made blacks parasites on the federal government, always waiting for more handouts. We blacks had a choice - Ronald Reagan, not ideal. ![]() ![]() ![]() ''Reagan? I have no illusions about him, but I know that (former President Jimmy) Carter and the Democrats betrayed black people, and they deserved to be punished. ''I feel good about Ronald Reagan!'' the husky, slightly balding speaker declared.''Ī mumbling roar of disbelief rippled through the collegiate audience.Įldridge Cleaver, once the radical, foul-mouthed minister of information of the bold, militant Black Panther Party, author of the revolutionary's guide book, ''Soul on Ice,'' continued: ![]()
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