RAPID CITY, SD (Feb. 22, 2018) –
The South Dakota School of Mines &
Technology student chapter of the National
Society of Black Engineers (NBSE) and the Office of
Multicultural Affairs host the award winning artist and “Gentleman Cartoonist”
Keith Knight from 6-8 p.m. on Monday,
Feb. 26, in the Surbeck Center Ballroom at SD Mines (campus
map). The event is free and open to
the public.
Keith Knight is many things to many
people–rapper, social activist, father and educator among them. He’s also known as one of the funniest and
most highly regarded cartoonists in America, and the creator of three popular
comic strips: “The Knight Life,” “(Th)ink,”
and “The K Chronicles.”
“We wanted to bring Keith during Black History Month to
engage our campus and community in dialogue about race,” says SD Mines student
and NBSE chapter president Christopher Blumer.
Knight is part of a generation of
African-American artists who were raised on hip-hop, and infuse their work with
urgency, edge, humor, satire, politics and race. His art has appeared in
various publications worldwide, including the Washington Post, Daily KOS, San
Francisco Chronicle, Medium.com, Ebony, ESPN the Magazine, L.A. Weekly, MAD
Magazine, and the Funny Times. The NAACP
recognized him as a 2015 History Maker, and CNN
tapped him to grade America on its progress concerning issues of race.
Knight is available for interviews on
Monday, Feb. 26 prior to his appearance at the Surbeck Center