Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Varying Form of Title: | History Makers video oral history with Frank Lucas
Frank Lucas
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| Other authors / contributors: | Lucas, Frank, 1930 August 29- interviewee.
Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Stearns, Scott, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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| Sound characteristics: | digital
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| Digital file characteristics: | video file
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| Notes: | Videographer, Scott Stearns.
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Recorded Sudbury, Massachusetts 2003 April 13.
Vendor-supplied metadata.
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| Summary: | Graphic designer Frank Lucas was born on August 29, 1930 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He became the first African American illustrator hired in Boston's advertising industry. Lucas began as an Army illustrator and photographer during the Korean War. He later graduated from Vesper George School of Art and in 1956 went to work for Parsons Friedmann and Central before taking a graphic designer's job at Barker Black Studios. In 1966, Lucas was hired as an art director at Ginn and Company, an educational publishing house. There, he developed many new techniques in design, production and printing. He retired in 1997 and served as a consultant and art director for Course Crafters, a firm that served educational publishers. Lucas also mentored many students during his career which included teaching stints at art schools in Boston and the Rhode Island School of Design. Lucas and his daughter, Diahanne, published a monthly New England newspaper, Reunion.
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