hool, convicted and jailed for possession of marijuana (Chance 31). Cleaver was released in 1957, but soon was arrested for rape and attempted murder of a white woman. Tried and convicted, Cleaver spent the next nine years in the Folsom prison. During his stay in Folsom, Cleaver obtained an undergraduate education in: philosophy, theology, political science, economics, contemporary culture and produced his first book Soul On Ice. Cleaver's book soon became a heated debate among critics. The African American Journey printed, "Critics praised the book's insights into black attitudes toward American society" (Kimball 4). However, critic Roger Kimbal!
             l projected a very different view in which he describes the book as "The book is a loosely knit series of letters and essays about race relations in America,
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