On 15 July 1969 Black Panthers Kathleen and Eldridge Cleaver arrived in Algiers at the invitation of the Algerian government. Eldridge was wanted in the US after jumping bail following a clash with police in Oakland in 1968. In Algiers, they lived at 9 Rue du Traité with their two children.
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"Kathleen and Eldridge Cleaver, 1969." Historianspeaks, July 21, 2025. https://historianspeaks.org/blog/kathleen-and-eldridge-cleaver-1969.
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