Early Life and Education
Genovese was born in Brooklyn, New York. Raised in a working-class ethnic Italian family in Brooklyn, he was active in the Communist youth movement until he was expelled "for having zigged when I was supposed to zag." He earned his Bachelor of Arts from Brooklyn College in 1953 and his Master of Arts in 1955 and a Ph.D in history in 1959, both from Columbia University.
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