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Bass-baritone Ryan McKinny wearing a custom shoe design by Dieudonné Brou of Koffi Noir, a formerly incarcerated Black designer. The initials of Terence Andrus are engraved on the heels.

Terence is a friend of Ryan’s who lived on death row until January 2023, when he took his own life. The roses, painted by muralist Timothy B., are a nod to a poem written by Terence, “The Black Rose.”
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