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Gaius C. Bolin was born Sept. 10, 1864, seven months before Lee surrendered at Appomattox and effectively ended the Civil War. On the same date, the Poughkeepsie Daily Eagle (motto: “Neutral in Nothing”) ran an advertisement for steamboat passage to New York City for 25 cents and an endorsement of Abraham Lincoln of Illinois for president.
Gaius C. Bolin. *Gaius C. Bolin was born on this date in 1864. He was a Black lawyer and judge. He was a descendant of blacks who had lived in or near the Hudson River town of Poughkeepsie, New York, for generations, first in slavery and then, after the adoption of gradual emancipation laws in 1799 and 1817, as free men and women.
The Bolin Fellowships are two-year residencies for graduate students from underrepresented groups who want to pursue careers in college teaching. They honor Gaius Charles Bolin, the first Black graduate of Williams in 1889 and a founding member of the NAACP.
Mar 1, 2023 · A brief history of early Black students at the College. Cameron Pugh March 1, 2023. Sterling A. Brown received a honorary degree from the College. (Photo courtesy of Special Collections.) Gaius C. Bolin, a member of the Class of 1889, was the College’s first Black graduate. After residing off-campus with a local Black family for a year, Bolin ...
May 20, 2019 · Dan Ernst] Gaius Charles Bolin (1864-1946) and his daughter Jane Matilda Bolin (1908-2007) were descendants of African Americans who had lived in or near the Hudson River town of Poughkeepsie, New York, for generations, first in slavery and then, after the adoption of gradual emancipation laws in 1799 and 1817, as free men and women.
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Apr 15, 2016 · Gaius Charles Bolin Sr. was the first Black graduate of Williams; he arrived in 1885 and graduated in 1889. 2015 marks 130 years since he matriculated to the...
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The home of Abram and Ann Bolin stands today on North Clinton Street. It is the birthplace of Gaius Bolin. Gaius Bolin (shown below) married Matilda Emery in 1899. A native of Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, Matilda came to Poughkeepsie as a child. At the home shown below, they had four children: Ann May, Gaius, Jr., Ivy Rosalind, and Jane.
