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Beginning in the 1920s, Douglas's illustrations appeared in books by James Weldon Johnson, Countee Cullen, Alain Locke, and other prominent black writers, activists, and intellectuals.

They were also featured in such magazines as The Crisis, Opportunity, Harper's, and Vanity Fair.

From the late 1920s through the 1940s, his art was shown across the United States at universities, galleries, hotels, and museums, including the Harmon Foundation in New York, the Museum of Fine Arts in Dallas, Howard University's Gallery of Art, the Brooklyn Museum, and New York's Gallery of Modern Art.

In addition, selected works by Douglas were assembled for a landmark traveling show of Harlem Renaissance artworks sponsored by the Studio Museum in Harlem in 1988.

According to Driskell in an essay for Harlem Renaissance Art of Black America, " It was Douglas's own strength of character and inventive artistry that enabled him to have a lasting impact on the future course of black expression in art.