Painting of a young Black man sitting on a wooden bench, with a lacrosse helmet and popcorn box beside him, holding a biology textbook and looking into the distance.

by Michael Van Devere

Oil on canvas, 2023

Lucien “Lucky” Alexis Jr. ’42 played on the Lacrosse team when he was forced to withdraw from a game against the Naval Academy due to his race. Lucky is portrayed waiting for the train to Cambridge, hopeful yet uninformed of the changes at Harvard.