https://www.upi.com/News_Photos/lp/9fe9b1e0bbacac41ec5757c93f8fa187/ https://www.upi.com/News_Photos/view/upi/9fe9b1e0bbacac41ec5757c93f8fa187/Eldridge-Cleaver-and-his-wife-Kathleen-emerge-from-voting-station/ Eldridge Cleaver, 1935-1998, author, prominent, American, civil, rights, leader, member, Black Panther Party, convicted, assault, book, Soul on Ice, black power, movement, classic, rape, rapist, white women, Minister of Information, spokesperson, Peace and Freedom Party, jumped bail, fled, Algeria, Cuba, France, renounced Black Panthers, probation for assault, baptized, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Mormons, Mormon, became conservative Republican, addict, crack cocaine, recovery, prostate cancer, age 62 UPI UPI https://cdnph.upi.com/pv/upi/9fe9b1e0bbacac41ec5757c93f8fa187/Eldridge-Cleaver.jpg
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Eldridge Cleaver and his wife Kathleen emerge from voting station



Eldridge Cleaver and his wife Kathleen emerge from voting station

Eldridge Cleaver and his wife Kathleen emerge from polling place in San Francisco on November 2, 1976, after the 41-year old Cleaver voted for the first time in his life. Cleaver is a former convicted felon who served over 9 years in various prisons, and was on parole for over 2 years. He is voting today because there are special circumstances in which convicted felons are permitted to vote, and he qualified. (UPI Photo/jh/Files)

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