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Artwork by Kenneth Key

I had just finished the touches on this three-panel picture before COVID-19. I was searching for a title. 

With all the killings of Black youth in our city and others across the U.S., it has kindled a fire in the streets all over the country that gets bigger and bigger. That was when “So Shall it be Titled by You” came to be.

This work is about defunding the police, accountability, equal protection under the law, and justice for all families who have lost loved ones unjustly. 

Disclaimer: The views in this article are those of the author. Prison Journalism Project has verified the writer’s identity and basic facts such as the names of institutions mentioned.

Kenneth M. Key is a writer, artist and occasional poet incarcerated in Illinois.