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along with other members of the Yale class of 1874, the official induction did not take place until 1884, when the Yale chapter was reorganized after thirteen years of inactivity. Because of the circumstances, Bouchet was not the first
African American elected to Phi Beta Kappa, as many historical
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Upon retirement, Bouchet moved back to New Haven. He died there in his childhood home at 94 Bradley Street in 1918 after a six-week illness caused by high blood pressure. He never married and had no children. He was buried in an unmarked grave at New Haven's
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controversy over the need for an industrial versus collegiate education for black people. A new all-white board preferred industrial education and eliminated the
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in 1824 as the enslaved valet of a young plantation owner and Yale student. William
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