10/17/2020
“With Moore’s portrait, I feel happiness, admiration, and pride. … The portrait not only reflects Yale’s campus today but also reveals Yale’s history,” said Tamakloe, a political science major from Ruston, Louisiana, noting that Bouchet’s story had once largely been forgotten. “I’m glad we could tell it.”
The portrait, of Yale alumnus Edward Bouchet 1874 B.A, was unveiled in a ceremony at Saybrook College on Oct. 9.