Edward Earl Cleveland commonly known as E. E. Cleveland is an author, civil rights advocate and evangelist of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. E. E. Cleveland was born in Huntsville, Alabama on March 11, 1921. He preached his first sermon at the age of 9. At the age of 13 he was the Sabbath School secretary at his local church in Chattanooga, Tennessee. E. E. Cleveland was a very successful evangelist holding over 60 campaigns in 6 continents and training over 1,000 pastors and baptizing approximately 16,000 persons.

E. E. Cleveland was a long-time civil rights activist. He organized the N.A.A.C.P chapter for students on the campus of Oakwood College.He participated in the first March on Washington with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and secured a 18-wheel tractor-trailer that served as a supply base for blankets and clothing.

E. E. Cleveland passed away on August 30, 2009 at the Huntsville Hospital. He was married to Celia Marie Abney Cleveland on May 29, 1943 until her death in 2003. They had one son.