At the time of his death in October 2024, his family spokesperson Sean Howard noted that Beavers was "one of the most progressive African American Alderman in the Chicago City Council.
[5] Among the most notable accomplishments of Beavers during his time on the Chicago City Council was his role in the creation of subcircuit judicial districts which allowed Black lawyers to run for judgeships on the city’s South Side, West Side and southern suburbs of the county.
[5] Beavers said he had read Linda Lovelace's autobiography Ordeal, and had visited a topless beach and a nude beach, but had never visited a nudist camp, speaking on April 11, 2000 during testimony at a public hearing before the Finance Committee of the Chicago City Council on a proposed designation of a part of Walton Street in Chicago's Streeterville neighborhood, the location of the first Playboy Club, as "Hugh Hefner Way" in honor of Playboy founder Hugh Hefner.
[6][7] In 2006, Beavers reportedly engineered a complex deal concerning the retirement of Cook County Board President John Stroger, who suffered a stroke in March of that year.
[citation needed] On February 23, 2012, Beavers was indicted on four federal charges alleging he filed false tax returns and "endeavoring to obstruct and impede" the Internal Revenue Service.
[11] Beavers was sentenced to six months in jail, a $10,000 fine, and ordered to pay almost $31,000 in back taxes.