African Heritage

Judge Jane Bolin Speech at Brotherhood Dinner, Poughkeepsie 1944

The speech was given at the Nelson House on Market Street

6 years ago

Dutchess County Equality Trails

Whether you hit the trail in the car, on a bicycle, on foot, or virtually, we are establishing an evolving…

6 years ago

John A. Bolding, Fugitive Slave

From 1935 DCHS Yearbook In a highly idealized and historically inaccurate ad from 1953 for Poughkeepsie's De Laval Separator Company,…

6 years ago

Gaius Bolin On Race

At right, found by Milan Town Historian and DCHS VP for Milan, Vicky LoBrutto, in a scrapbook is an undated…

6 years ago

The Recovery of a Rural African American Burial Ground is a Recovery of Voices & Lives

Jump to: BURIAL OF FORMER SLAVES A downloadable, printable version of this story (pdf) is at right: Privately published, 2020.…

6 years ago

Hyde Park’s New Guinea Community

Town Hall Workshop March 9, 2026 "I have worked at archaeological sites throughout the State. This is a remarkable resource.…

6 years ago

Sadie Peterson Delaney

Our online story about the extraordinary Sadie Peterson Delaney caught the attention of a big fan in England: Natty Mark…

6 years ago

Douglass in Poughkeepsie 1858

“Emancipation Day.” This was the name of the holiday recognizing the date of August 1, 1834, as the date that…

7 years ago

Black Burial Grounds in Dutchess County

In Dutchess County, burial of Persons of Color took place in separate, segregated cemeteries into the early 20th century. The…

7 years ago