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Part One: Up Against the Wall: New York City's Armed Love Movement

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff

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Black Mask - The Black Mask Guy

Alan Van Newkirk was the most anarchy looking of them all. He got picked for this role because he looked like the cliche anarchist. They printed up some leaflets saying poetry is revolution with a photo of the poet Amiri Baraka in handcuffs and wounded by cops. Alan loads some blanks into a pistol, goes to his poetry reading, stands up and shoots him. Wait, did he get injured? No.

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