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Soul on Ice by Eldridge Cleaver is a memoir and collection of essays written during his imprisonment, detailing his transformation from a troubled youth into a radical Black liberationist. The book is divided into four parts, exploring his criminal past, racial issues in America, love letters to his attorney, and views on gender and sexuality. Cleaver’s controversial admissions and evolving ideology provide a raw and honest reflection on the Black experience in the 1960s. This book contains descriptions of rape, violence, and explicit racial and sexual content.