Item Detail
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33043
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English
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Eldridge Cleaver and W. Cleon Skousen: Mormonism's Odd Couple
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John Whitmer Historical Association Journal
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Spring/Summer 2023
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43
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133-147
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This article examines the relationship between W. Cleon Skousen and Eldridge Cleaver. Cleaver's criminal past made him an unlikley candidate for friendship with FBI agent Skousen, but the two shared a hatred for communism and worked together for years in the Freeman Institute. From Skousen and others, Cleaver learned about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and embraced its teachings. After fulfilling probation requirements, he was baptized a member and supported the Church throughout his life, though he attended actively for less than a decade.