Public School NY has launched a T-shirt collection titled “We Need Leaders,” which serves as a call to action for the restructuring of systemic issues in law enforcement and criminal justice.

The designs feature one of three images by Gordon Parks, the American photographer, musician, writer and film director who became prominent in U.S. documentary photojournalism chronicling issues of civil rights, poverty, and Black Americans.

The images include a self-portrait of Parks, and rarely seen photographs of Malcolm X and Black Panther activists. One of the designs will feature Parks’ own words from his best-remembered 1968 Life magazine story about a Harlem family: “What I want, what I am, what you force me to be is what you are.”

“The fact that [Parks’] documentation of Black life, the racial divide, poverty, and social inequality in the US is as relevant today as it was 60 years ago is a sad one. It shouldn’t be lost on anyone that the struggle continues to haunt the legacy of this country,” said CFDA member Dao-Yi Chow on Instagram. “We selected Parks’ photographs of Malcolm X and the Black Panthers specifically because we have to fight for justice, and without justice there can be no peace.”

100 percent of the net proceeds will be donated to The Gordon Parks Arts and Social Justice Fund, which supports students and artists through annual scholarships, prizes, and fellowships.

The capsule is made with Version Tomorrow, a sustainable basics program that uses a certified blend of 60 percent recycled and 40 percent organic cotton –  making the tees 100 percent biodegradable and recyclable. They are offered in both black and white colorways and will be available for presale exclusively on publicschoolnyc.com.