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Pete Beveridge

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Pete Beveridge was born in Newton, Massachusetts and raised in New York City. Beveridge received a B.A. in history from Harvard in Cambridge, Massachusetts and an M.A. in African history from Columbia University. While in college, he became involved in student politics and activism. He later lived in Harlem and Brooklyn with his wife, Hortense.