Leroy F. Moore

Writer, activist, and music archivist Leroy Franklin Moore Jr. was born with cerebral palsy in New York City. Chair of the Black Disability Studies Committee for the National Black Disability Coalition, founder of the Krip-Hop Nation project, and cofounder of the performance art collective Sins Invalid, Moore’s writing, lectures, and performances illuminate intersections between racism and ableism both in the United States and abroad. His lecture series “On the Outskirts: Race & Disability” grew from his experiences with the Black disability movement in London. Krip-Hop emerged from his interest in Black musicians marginalized because of their disabilities. “The mission of Krip-Hop Project,” Moore has written, “is to get the musical talents of hip-hop artists with disabilities into the hands of media outlets, educators, hip-hop, disabled and race scholars, youth, hip-hop conference coordinators, and agents and to report the latest news about musicians with disabilities.”

Moore’s publications include Black Disabled Ancestors (2020), the graphic novel Krip-Hop Vol. 1 (2019), the children’s book Black Disabled Art History 101 (2017), and the spoken word CD and chapbook Black Disabled Man with a Big Mouth and Hi I.Q. He writes a regular column titled “Illin-N-Chillin” for POOR Magazine. He is a leading activist regarding police brutality and wrongful incarceration of people with disabilities.