Early Life and Education
Born in Itta Bena, Mississippi, Bevel grew up and worked on a plantation, received schooling in Mississippi and Cleveland, Ohio, and served in the Navy for a time. He attended the American Baptist Theological Seminary in Nashville, Tennessee from 1957 to 1961, and while attending college re-read Leo Tolstoy's The Kingdom of God is Within You (he had first read it while in the Navy and which directly led to his decision to leave the military). Bevel also read several of Mohandas Gandhi's books and newspapers while taking workshops on Gandhian nonviolence taught by Rev. James Lawson. Bevel also attended workshops at the Highlander Folk School taught by its founder, Myles Horton.
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