Leroy Moore is a Black writer, poet, hip-hop\music lover, community activist and feminist with a physical disability. He has been sharing his perspective on ide
We need to recognized our Black disabled scholars/activists and their work!
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When Black Disabled Scholars/Activists Dies
He/She works in isolation
Ripples becomes waves
Spreading on the earth
For future generations
When Black Disabled Scholars/Activists Dies
Who will rise
To continue to write
And fight
To keep their work in the public eye
We will all die
That is why
Life is more about we & lest about I
But every thing starts with one then becomes many
When Black Disabled Scholars/Activists Dies
Do we, the community, take time
To learn about his or her life
Or do we just go back to our 9 to 5
We should ask why they r still not in our text books
While we read about President Nixon, the Crook
We don’t need a federal holiday to pay respect
And to give back
Follow their words put them into action
When Black Disabled Scholars/Activists Dies
Do we get a memorial
Time goes on
There are spider webs on their tombstones
Caught up in ivory walls their words who will own
Black disabled youth searching
No mirrors no reflection
BA MA still don’t know who I am
Found I’m not alone through self education
When Black Disabled Scholars/Activists Dies
Oppression even in the grave
Still We Rise creating pathways
Broken frames mending for a picture that lies inside
Who will hang this exhibit with our assistors’ names
By Leroy Moore Jr.
For Black Disabled Scholars & Activists who recently passed away and for us to keep his/her work alive
