<p>A middle-aged single dad in Chicago was outraged by all the cigarette billboards popping up in Black communities. In 1990, he picked up a paint roller and became an anti-tobacco vigilante. And he did it all under a secret identity.</p><br><p>This episode was written by Josh Levin, One Year’s editorial director. One Year’s senior producer is Evan Chung.</p><br><p>This episode was produced by Kelly Jones, Olivia Briley, and Evan Chung. It was edited by Joel Meyer and Derek John, Slate’s executive producer of narrative podcasts. </p><br><p>Merritt Jacob is our senior technical director. We had mixing help from Kevin Bendis.</p><br><p>Join <a href="https://slate.com/oneyearplus">Slate Plus</a> to get a special behind-the-scenes conversation at the end of our season about how we put together our 1990 stories. Slate Plus members also get to listen to all Slate podcasts without any ads.</p><p> </p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>