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During the 1930s and early 1940s, Alston created illustrations for magazines such as Fortune, Mademoiselle, The New Yorker, Melody Maker and others.

He also designed album covers for artists such as Duke Ellington and Coleman Hawkins.

Alston became staff artist at the Office of War Information and Public Relations in 1940, creating drawings of notable African Americans.

These images were used in over 200 black newspapers across the country by the government to " foster goodwill with the black citizenry ,".