Soul on Ice is divided into four parts that describe the author’s journey from a “supermasculine” but disadvantaged young man into a radical Black liberationist. However, Cleaver’s surprising late-in-life turn from the radical left towards conservative politics casts him and his memoir in a different light. After his release from prison, Cleaver became a prominent member of the Black Panthers, advocating urban guerilla warfare against a corrupt police force. His essays were instrumental in forming the philosophies and ideas behind the black power movement. The essays were first published in Ramparts magazine in 1965, and then collected in book form after Cleaver’s release in 1968. Eldridge Cleaver’s Soul on Ice is a memoir and collection of essays written while the author served time in Folsom Prison.
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