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Kathleen Cleaver

1945–

United States

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Kathleen Neal Cleaver (born May 13, 1945) is an American law professor and activist known for her involvement with the Black Power movement and the Black Panther Party (BPP). She was the BPP's Communications Secretary and the wife of its Minister of Information, Eldridge Cleaver.

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