A classmate’s parting gift for Boston Latin class
Source: Boston Globe
Phillip Sossou spent the past four months secretly sketching portraits of seniors at Boston Latin School, capturing their smiles, the glint in their eyes, the contours of their faces.
And early Friday morning the final day of classes for seniors the Roslindale teenager went to the school with six friends and finished affixing 411 charcoal portraits along the first-floor walls.
It made for a stunning display of school pride, a gift Sossou said he wanted to leave with his classmates.
Our class has been kind of divided, said Sossou, an 18-year-old. Having these pictures helps us to embrace our diversity.
Latin School has been mired in negative news after allegations of racism surfaced, with students of color complaining that administrators were slow to respond to the use of racial epithets at the school.
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