Who wrote the introduction to the book Cleaver wrote in 1968?
Eldridge Cleaver Leroy Eldridge Cleaver (August 31, 1935 – May 1, 1998) was an American writer and political activist who became an early leader of the Black Panther Party. His 1968 book, "Soul On Ice", is a collection of essays that, at the time of its publication, was praised by "The New York Times Book Review" as "brilliant and revealing". In the most controversial part of the book, Cleaver acknowledges committing many acts of rape.
Edith Lewis Edith Lewis (December 22, 1881–August 1972) was a magazine editor at "McClure's Magazine", the managing editor of "Every Week Magazine", and an advertising copywriter at J. Walter Thompson Co. Lewis was Willa Cather's domestic partner and was named executor of Cather's literary estate in Willa Cather's will. After Cather's death, Lewis published a memoir of Willa Cather in 1953 titled "Willa Cather Living".