Eldridge Cleaver was born in Wabbaseka, Arkansas in 1935, at the age of 22 he was imprisoned due to assault. During his time inside the prison cell, he began to study the works of Karl Marx and Richard Wright, the work of Cleaver became influential even after he died in 1998. Cleaver also became a part of the Black Panther Party which aims to merge black nationalism and socialism. However, in 1960 racism and prejudice is common in California which mostly affects the black people. Cleaver was then again taken into custody by the police and revoked his parole due because there has been an attacked to the Black Panther Party in which the police targeted this group. During his stay in the prison, he wrote the Eldridge Cleaver: Post-Prison Writings and Speeches which includes Affidavit #2: Shoot-Out in Oakland. Affidavit #2: Shoot-Out in Oakland is a story...