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He was trained as an advertising illustrator – but as the minister of culture for the Black Panthers, he used those skills to agitate for revolution. Douglas has mellowed a bit since his days designing posters featuring machine guns. Kurt met up with Douglas at a retrospective of his work at the New Museum in downtown New York City.

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