Longtime executive ditor of the Los Angeles Sentinel, which he joined in 1968. Columnist of Kleaver's Klippins', his weekly views of the good and bad of Los Angeles black community. Former photographer and writer for the Michigan Chronicle and a publicist for Motown Records. A prolific Sentinel reporter, he covered many of the papers news, feature and profile news stories. Cleaver was once an official in Los Angeles County Supervisor Kenneth Hanhn's office and was also a journalism professor at Cal-State Los Angeles. He hosted his own television series on KHJ (now KCAl) channel 9 and a Sunday radio show on the now-defunct KGFJ AM 1230.
In the early 1980s, Cleaver led a Sentinel-sponsored campaign to rid a section of South-Central Los Angeles nicknamed, "Sherm Alley" from drug pushers who sold among other illegal drug, P.C.P It was also known as "Angel Dust" and "Sherm". This effort combining community activist, the police, politicians and Cleaver's determined stand helped to put Sherm Alley out of business.
Longtime executive ditor of the Los Angeles Sentinel, which he joined in 1968. Columnist of Kleaver's Klippins', his weekly views of the good and bad of Los Angeles black community. Former photographer and writer for the Michigan Chronicle and a publicist for Motown Records. A prolific Sentinel reporter, he covered many of the papers news, feature and profile news stories. Cleaver was once an official in Los Angeles County Supervisor Kenneth Hanhn's office and was also a journalism professor at Cal-State Los Angeles. He hosted his own television series on KHJ (now KCAl) channel 9 and a Sunday radio show on the now-defunct KGFJ AM 1230.
In the early 1980s, Cleaver led a Sentinel-sponsored campaign to rid a section of South-Central Los Angeles nicknamed, "Sherm Alley" from drug pushers who sold among other illegal drug, P.C.P It was also known as "Angel Dust" and "Sherm". This effort combining community activist, the police, politicians and Cleaver's determined stand helped to put Sherm Alley out of business.
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