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Image of Former Black Panther leader Eldridge Cleaver said in Paris that he is returning from seven years of exile because he is "tired of sitting around" and because America has changed.

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Former Black Panther leader Eldridge Cleaver said in Paris that he is returning from seven years of exile because he is "tired of sitting around" and because America has changed.
1975
Vintage wire photograph on paper
7 11/16 x 4 5/8 in. (19.53 x 11.75 cm)

Creation Place: Unknown
Technique: Photography
Credit Line: Restricted gift of Michael Mattis and Judy Hochberg in honor of Myrlie Evers-Williams.
Accession Number: P2021.13.1028


Commentary: U.S. Changes Cited in Cleaver Bid: Former Black Panther leader Eldridge Cleaver said in Paris that he is returning to the United States from seven years of exile because he is "tired of sitting around" and because America has changed."

Eldridge Cleaver (1935-1998) was an American writer and political activist who became an early leader of the Black Panther Party. In 1968, Cleaver wrote "Soul On Ice", a collection of essays that, at the time of its publication, was praised by The New York Times Book Review as "brilliant and revealing". Cleaver became a prominent member of the Black Panthers--holding the titles Minister of Information and Head of the International Section of the Panthers--while a fugitive from the United States criminal justice system in Cuba and Algeria.
Marks: On verso: newspaper caption with date stamp and newspaper stamp affixed.

Materials: Wire photographs were originally transmitted over phonelines, then later, by satellite. They were first used in the early 1920s. Associated Press became a leader with this. After pigment touch-ups, etc., the print is put into a drum (like a drum scanner). The image gets converted into audio tones that are transmitted. The tones are received and beamed onto photo-sensitive paper. Wire photographs are copies without originals---they are hybrid, transmitted objects. (Britt Salvesen, Curator and Department Head, Photography Department, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, March 30-31, 2022)

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Civil Rights Movements, Eldridge Cleaver, Exile, Injustice, Male Portraits, Paris, Racial Discrimination, United States

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  • Overall Dimensions: 7 11/16 x 4 5/8 in. (19.53 x 11.75 cm) Measured by Cornejo-Reynoso, Aitzin

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