Harold V. Lucas Jr. is pictured with the 2025 Harold V. Lucas Jr. Foundation scholarship recipients. The scholarships were presented at the Annual Harold V. Lucas, Jr. Scholarship Awards Ceremony held at The Lucas Center.
Harold V. Lucas Jr. is pictured with six 2024 H.V. Lucas Foundation scholarship recipients outside The Lucas Center, near the historical marker for the home of Harold V. Lucas Sr.
Harold V. Lucas Jr. is pictured with the 2022 Harold V. Lucas Jr. Foundation scholarship recipients. The scholarships were presented at the Annual Harold V. Lucas, Jr. Scholarship Awards Ceremony held at The Lucas Center.
Students from the Bethune-Cookman University Business Executive Exchange Program visit The Lucas Center on February 12, 2026. The group is pictured outside the Lucas Center.
Harold V. Lucas Jr. pictured with Judge Joan Anthony and Judge Alicia Washington. The photograph was supplied with information identifying Anthony and Washington as the first African American judges elected to Florida's Seventh Judicial Circuit.
Harold V. Lucas Jr. and his son-in-law Corey Anderson stand in front of Bonner Elementary School on August 10, 2024. The donor-supplied filename states that Lucas attended elementary school there.
Lowell and Nancy Lohman receive an H.V. Lucas Foundation Community Icon Award with Harold V. Lucas Jr. during a 2024 Foundation event. The award plaque is visible in the photograph.
James and LaToya Carey receive the H.V. Lucas Foundation Rising Star Award with Harold V. Lucas Jr. during a 2024 Foundation event. The award plaque is visible in the photograph.
Harold V. Lucas Jr. is pictured with Mrs. Constance Poitier and Mr. James “Mr. P” Poitier at the 2024 Lucas Fall Ball. The donor-supplied filename identifies James Poitier with Bethune-Cookman University
Harold V. Lucas Jr. speaks to an audience during a book signing and talk at the Halifax Historical Museum on February 16, 2024. The event featured his book A Tree that Grew in Midway.
Flyer for an in-person book signing and talk with Harold V. Lucas Jr. celebrating Black History Month at the Halifax Historical Museum on February 16, 2024. The event featured Lucas and his book A Tree that Grew in Midway.
Volusia County Sheriff Michael Chitwood receives an H.V. Lucas Foundation Community Icon Award with Harold V. Lucas Jr. during a 2023 Foundation event. The award plaque is visible in the photograph.
The Honorable Dr. Joyce Cusack receives an H.V. Lucas Foundation Community Icon Award with Harold V. Lucas Jr. during a 2023 Foundation event. The award plaque is visible in the photograph.
Lynn Thompson receives an H.V. Lucas Foundation Community Icon Award with Harold V. Lucas Jr. during a 2023 Foundation event. The award plaque is visible in the photograph.
Photograph from a 2023 H.V. Lucas Foundation Community Icon event. The donor-supplied filename identifies Harold V. Lucas Jr., D'Lorah Anderson, and Darryll Lucas among those pictured.
Perry Williams, recipient of the 2021 H.V. Lucas Citizenship Scholarship, pictured with his family, Harold V. Lucas Jr., and Seabreeze High School Principal Joe Rawlins.
Harold V. Lucas Jr. stands beside a Black History banner honoring his father, Harold V. Lucas Sr., on International Speedway Boulevard in Daytona Beach on February 4, 2024. The banner describes Lucas Sr. as an educator, entrepreneur, and community…
Corey Anderson, D'Lorah Anderson, Harold V. Lucas Jr., and Darryll Lucas stand beneath a Black History banner honoring Althea Beatrice Cato Lucas on February 6, 2025. The banner identifies her as a pioneering educator and icon, a champion of…
A March 3, 2022 Daytona Times article about the Harold V. Lucas, Jr. Foundation's Black History Month celebration, the unveiling of a historical marker at the Lucas family home site, the City of Daytona Beach proclamation of February 19, 2022 as…
Letter from Mary McLeod Bethune to Harold V. Lucas Jr. dated October 28, 1954, while Lucas was serving with the U.S. Army in Korea. Bethune expresses relief that Lucas had arrived safely in Korea, offers prayers and personal guidance, and shares news…
A mounted reproduction of the dedication page from the 1953 B-Cean, the Bethune-Cookman College yearbook, honoring Harold V. Lucas Sr., affectionately known as "Bro Luke." The dedication describes Lucas as the first man employed by the college as a…
Harold V. Lucas Sr. with his only child, Harold V. Lucas Jr., outdoors while Harold Jr. was a boy. The date, photographer, and location have not been identified.
Althea Beatrice Cato, later Althea Beatrice Cato Lucas, on a parade float. The Harold V. Lucas, Jr. Foundation identifies Cato as the first Miss Bethune-Cookman and states that this photograph appeared in a Bethune-Cookman yearbook. The handwritten…
Harold V. Lucas Jr. coaching the track team he developed at the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind. The Harold V. Lucas, Jr. Foundation states that Lucas led the team to a state championship. Bethune-Cookman University's oral history states that…
Harold V. Lucas Jr. with Bethune-Cookman College football players while coaching at the college. Lucas had a longstanding association with Bethune-Cookman as a mascot, water boy, student athlete, coach, adviser, and supporter. The exact date and…
Harold V. Lucas Jr. coaching Julie "The Jet" Coleman, one of his track athletes while he taught and coached at Campbell High School in Daytona Beach, Florida. Bethune-Cookman University states that Lucas worked at Campbell Street High School from…
Harold V. Lucas Jr. as a Bethune-Cookman College student athlete in front of his childhood home on Jefferson Street in Daytona Beach, Florida. The Harold V. Lucas, Jr. Foundation states that the Harold V. Lucas, Jr. Center now stands on this…
Harold V. Lucas Jr. in his office at Daytona Beach Community College, where he served as Equity Coordinator. Bethune-Cookman University's oral history states that Lucas served as Equity Coordinator at Daytona Beach Community College from 1979 until…
A U.S. Army portrait of Harold V. Lucas Jr. in uniform. A handwritten inscription on the photograph reads "To Dad from Harold 53," indicating that Lucas sent the photograph to his father, Harold V. Lucas Sr., in 1953. Bethune-Cookman University…
A photograph of Harold V. Lucas Jr. during his U.S. Army service in Korea. Bethune-Cookman University's oral history of Lucas states that he entered Army basic training at Camp Gordon, Georgia, in October 1953, completed six months of Signal Corps…
A photograph of Harold V. Lucas Jr. as a young boy. Lucas was born in Daytona Beach, Florida, on October 5, 1932, to Harold V. Lucas Sr. and Althea Beatrice Cato Lucas. The photograph is part of the Harold V. Lucas, Jr. Legacy Project Collection. The…
Harold V. Lucas Jr. on Jefferson Street in Daytona Beach, Florida, on May 17, 2024. Lucas was born in Daytona Beach on October 5, 1932, to Harold V. Lucas Sr. and Althea Beatrice Cato Lucas. Throughout his life, Lucas was involved in education,…