Maxwell David Geismar (August 1, 1909 – July 1979) was an American writer, literary critic, and biographer. He wrote a biography of Mark Twain. He penned the introduction to

Eldridge Cleaver Leroy Eldridge Cleaver (August 31, 1935 – May 1, 1998) was an American writer and political activist who became an early leader of the Black Panther Party. In 1968, Cleaver wrote '' Soul on Ice'', a collection of essays that, at the time of i ...

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/ref> Geismar taught at Sarah Lawrence College for many years. He signed the Triple Revolution statement sent to President Lyndon Johnson in 1964.

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