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Ellison Campus Center, North Campus
1 Meier Drive, Salem, MA 01970
Veterans Hall
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11:30 am - 1:00 pm
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Inclusive Excellence invites you to join us in Veterans Hall on Monday, February 24 at 11:30am for the 2025 Black History Month Keynote featuring Gentleman Cartoonist and Salem State University double-Viking. A light dinner will be served, followed by a keynote, discussion, and print signing session.
About the Speaker
Keith Knight is a critically acclaimed comics creator and cartoonist. He has received the Comic-Con Inkpot, a CXC Master Cartoonist Award, several Glyph Awards for best comic strip, a Harvey Award and has been nominated for an Eisner,, and an NAACP Image Award.
Knight is the creator of the long-running autobio comic strip, the K Chronicles. One of the most widely distributed alt-weekly comic strips since its launch in the early nineties. His socio-political single panel cartoon, (th)ink, has graced the pagesof both Black newspapers/websites, and alt-weeklies. And he drew the daily syndicated strip, the Knight Life for over a decade until 2019.
In 2020, Knight's life and comix were the inspiration for the comedy series, Woke, on Hulu. Knight served as co-creator, writer, and executive producer on the show. It ran for two seasons. Knight is a graduate of Malden High School and Salem State University, where he received an honorary doctorate from the school in 2022.
Contact
Accessibility
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