BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:African American writer\, griot and blues singer Arthur Flowers and Indian scroll painter Manu Chitrakar have combined their very distinc tive storytelling traditions in an extraordinary literary jam session culm inating in a book titled\, \;I See the Promised Land: A Life of Martin Luther King Jr. The book was written by Arthur Flowers and illustrated by Manu Chitrakar.Arthur will be at ArtRage to perform this story in musical prose\, based on griot oral storytelling traditions\, bringing his own pe rspective to the events he describes. This graphic narrative brings togeth er two diverse yet dramatic traditions of storytelling and Arthur will use the original scroll created by Manu Chitrakar\, that carries the tale int o the vivid idiom of Patua art\, turning King’s historic journey into a tr uly universal legacy. As we see each panel unfurl\, we find that I See the Promised Land \;traverses the milestones of Martin Luther King Jr.’s short life\, ministry\, and journey as only Arthur Flowers can tell it—rep lete with destiny and the human condition.The engaging text describes the apartheid South in Martin Luther King’s time\, which in many ways was not very different from the early days of slavery. Included are descriptions o f the Montgomery Bus Boycott\; the formation of civil rights groups\; mass movements against segregation\, such as the Albany Movement and the Child ren’s Crusade in Birmingham\, after which King became black America’s ackn owledged leader\; and the influence on King of Gandhi\, with his nonviolen t approach to resistance. We are told about King’s personal struggles as w ell as the political challenges he faced with the rise of Malcolm X and Bl ack Power. Flowers’ text concludes with a brief look at his legacy.Free an d Open to the PublicSponsored by: South Asia Center\, Moynihan Institute o f Global AffairsPart of the Ray Smith Symposium—in conjunction with Syracu se Symposium For more information contact Emera Bridger Wilson at \;el bridge@syr.edu \; DTEND:20190411T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260512T000921Z DTSTART:20190410T230000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Arthur Flowers performs at ArtRage UID:RFCALITEM639141269613930418 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

African American writer\, griot and blues s inger Arthur Flowers and Indian scroll painter Manu Chitrakar have combine d their very distinctive storytelling traditions in an extraordinary liter ary jam session culminating in a book titled\, \;I See the Promise d Land: A Life of Martin Luther King Jr. The book was written by Arth ur Flowers and illustrated by Manu Chitrakar.

Arthur will be at ArtR age to perform this story in musical prose\, based on griot oral storytell ing traditions\, bringing his own perspective to the events he describes. This graphic narrative brings together two diverse yet dramatic traditions of storytelling and Arthur will use the original scroll created by Manu C hitrakar\, that carries the tale into the vivid idiom of Patua art\, turni ng King’s historic journey into a truly universal legacy. As we see each p anel unfurl\, we find that I See the Promised Land \;traverse s the milestones of Martin Luther King Jr.’s short life\, ministry\, and j ourney as only Arthur Flowers can tell it—replete with destiny and the hum an condition.The engaging text describes the apartheid South in Martin Lut her King’s time\, which in many ways was not very different from the early days of slavery. Included are descriptions of the Montgomery Bus Boycott\ ; the formation of civil rights groups\; mass movements against segregatio n\, such as the Albany Movement and the Children’s Crusade in Birmingham\, after which King became black America’s acknowledged leader\; and the inf luence on King of Gandhi\, with his nonviolent approach to resistance. We are told about King’s personal struggles as well as the political challeng es he faced with the rise of Malcolm X and Black Power. Flowers’ text conc ludes with a brief look at his legacy.

Free and Open to the Public

Sponsored by: South Asia Center\, Moynihan Institute of Global Affair s
Part of the Ray Smith Symposium—in conjunction with Syracuse Symposiu m

For more information contact Emera Bridger Wilson at \;elbrid ge@syr.edu \;

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