Slideshows
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Culled from over 25 years of his award-winning work, RED, WHITE, BLACK AND BLUE: Highlighting America’s Racial Illiteracy is the new Power point slideshow presentation from nationally syndicated cartoonist Keith Knight (the Knight Life, the K Chronicles, (th)ink). Combining comics, storytelling, statistics, and facts, Knight makes the case that America’s biggest problem is its inability to have a frank and honest discussion about race. And if it wants to be the country it aspires to, it needs to come to terms with its ugly history.
Keith Knight’s presentations are infused with urgency, humor, satire, politics, and race. His work is designed to provoke constructive, civil dialogue amongst people young and old, left and right, of all colors and orientations. The presentation has been a hit at university campuses all across Germany, where the gentleman cartoonist debuted it in November of 2014. The goal is to bring it to all 50 states . Vermont and West Virginia have brought the count up to 36.
You can view some slideshow cartoons at The Nib.
Here’s what happens
You fly Keef in, and he wows your campus/town/school/library/church or community center with a powerpoint/storytelling presentation showcasing some of his most powerfully moving, darkest, and funniest cartoons. Addressing issues of race, police brutality, the justice system, media, and the importance of social activism— teetering between high brow ideals and low-brow humor. Followed by a Q&A and book/print signing.
Previous Appearances
- Central District Forum, Seattle
- Virginia Commonwealth University
- Rippon College
- Massachusetts College of Art
- San Francisco Public Library
- North Carolina Museum of History
- Hollywood Improv
- University of Osnabrueck, Germany
- American Library Association National Convention
- University of Arizona at Tucson
- University of Florida, Gainesville
- Maryville College, Tennessee
- University of Goettingen, Germany
- Alameda County Juvenile Hall
- Free University of Berlin, Germany
- University of Siegen, Germany
- University of Bremen, Germany
- Studio Museum in Harlem/Columbia University
- Sonoma State University
- Cartoon Art Museum San Francisco
- Club Voltaire, Tuebingen, Germany
- University of North Carolina, Raleigh-Durham
- San Diego Comic Convention
- State University of New York, Binghamton
- Alternative Press Expo, San Francisco
- Evergreen College, Olympia, Washington
- Afropunk National Tour
- McSweeney’s vs. They Might Be Giants National Tour
- Small Press Expo, Bethesda, Maryland
- San Francisco State University
- Ohio State Cartoon Research Library, Columbus, Ohio
- Staple Small Press Convention, Austin, Texas
- University of Illinois, Champaign, Urbana
- University of North Carolina, Raleigh-Durham
- The Forum, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
- Google Headquarters
- University of South Florida, Tampa
- Brooklyn Book Fair
Words of Praise
“Keith Knight’s slide show presentations are a poignant and stirring mixture of lecture, activist essay and stand-up comedy. Our students especially appreciated Keith’s entertaining and charismatic delivery that still never lost sight of the seriousness of his material. This show is a must-see for anyone trying to better understand race-relations, police brutality and the cultural climate for African Americans in the United States.”
“Keith Knight’s presentation was lively, thought-provoking and hilariously funny. The diverse audience of students, faculty and staff, and community members loved it. Keith challenged them with his unique perspective on critical issues like racism, terrorism, the media and U.S. politics while managing to keep the laughs coming. One enthusiastic attendee told me that the event exceeded all of her expectations. We were delighted with the success of the event.”
“The presentation was searing, moving, poignant, and somehow very funny! The students were quite moved, and the presentation really helped to historicize and to contextualize for them what happened in Ferguson and New York this year..”
“In times of dying newspapers and dwindling opportunities for artists to be published, Keith Knight’s slide show tour is a refreshing approach to reaching new audiences. His sharp analyses of current political events, American culture and the ups and downs of everyday life are presented with the seriousness and simultaneously with the ridicule they deserve. Hilarious and depressing, fast-paced and thoughtful, entertaining and enlightening; Keith Knight’s presentation will stick with me for quite some time.”