tailieunhanh - Gale Encyclopedia Of American Law 3Rd Edition Volume 2 P48

Gale Encyclopedia of American Law Volume 2 P48 fully illuminates today's leading cases, major statutes, legal terms and concepts, notable persons involved with the law, important documents and more. Legal issues are fully discussed in easy-to-understand language, including such high-profile topics as the Americans with Disabilities Act, capital punishment, domestic violence, gay and lesbian rights, physician-assisted suicide and thousands more. | 458 CLEAVER LEROY ELDRIDGE What we re saying TODAY IS THAT you re either part OF THE SOLUTION OR you re PART OF THE PROBLEM. Leroy Cleaver in getting several essays by Cleaver published in Ramparts an influential left-wing magazine. These essays in turn had built support for Cleaver s cause among members of the . intellectual community including writer Norman Mailer. The support of such intellectuals helped persuade the parole board to release Cleaver from prison. After his parole Cleaver began writing for Ramparts. In 1967 while living in the San Francisco Bay area Cleaver married Kathleen Neal who had been an activist with the student NONVIOLENT COORDINATING COMMITTEE SNCC . In that same year he befriended huey p. newton and Bobby Seale cofounders of the Black Panthers and he soon became that group s minister of information. The Black Panthers was an African American political organization that sought to defend the African American community from police intimidation and violence. As part of their SELF-DEFENSE actions Black Panthers carried guns and law books followed police cars and observed police encounters with African Americans. As a spokesperson for the Panthers Cleaver explained the group s goals and ideas to the rest of the world. In media interviews for example he described how Pig Power or the Gestapo power of the police contributed to many of the problems in the African American community. In February 1968 Cleaver published Soul on Ice the book that made him a celebrity. It quickly became a best-seller and was named Book of the Year by the New York Times. The book begins with the observation that Cleaver s first year in prison 1954 coincided with that of the landmark Supreme Court case BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF TOPEKA KANSAS 347 . 483 74 S. Ct. 686 98 L. Ed. 873 the first significant legal victory African Americans achieved in the CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT. The book explores among its many topics Cleaver s relationship to Malcolm X Cleaver s .