Leroy F. Moore Jr.

Leroy F. Moore Jr. (November 2, 1967- ) is a Black American writer, poet, community activist, musician, paralympian, and 2x Sports Emmy winner. He was born in 1967 in New York City. He is one of the founders of Krip-Hop and Sins Invalid. Moore has Cerebral palsy.

Education Moore graduated with a BA in Political Science from College of Notre Dame in 1995. He is currently a PhD candidate in Linguistic Anthropology at University of California, Los Angeles. His thesis is called "Krip-Hop Theory and Liberation Art: A Road Map from Black Ableism to AfroKrip/Sankofa."

Career

Paralympics Moore represented the US in the 1988 Paralympic Games in Seoul, South Korea as a Paracyclist. He competed in the Men's Road Tricycle 1,500m C5-6 and 3,000m C5-6 and ranked 5th in both events. "Seeing disabled people around the world at Seoul 1988, it was the first time for me to realise that disability is a culture, history and movement," said Moore. He was later highlighted as a musician and former paralympian in the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, playing the Emmy-winning song 'Rising Phoenix.'

Disability Advocacy In 1998, Moore and Gary Norris Gray created the Disability Advocates of Minorities Organization (DAMO). DAMO created and ran a public access talk show, New Voices Disabled Poets & Artists of Color, ran workshops and classes, organized protests, and worked as a disability access consultant. DAMO dissolved after four years.

After DAMO ended, Moore reflected that "Upon evaluation of DAMO I realized I have been running away from my Black community because of open wounds unknowingly inflicted by them through forms of Black ableism... Most areas of disability have been taken from us, including the medical industry, and professionals/experts etc. Until we take it back, redefine it, politicize it, and sometimes change it all together our work will continue to belong to others."

Moore is a co-founder, along with Patty Berne, of the disability performance art collective Sins Invalid. Started in 2005, Sins Invalid is a disabled-led disability justice movement and performance project.

He currently serves as the Chair of the Black Disability Studies Committee for the National Black Disability Coalition. Moore was a co-founder of the Coalition.

Moore focuses his advocacy on the intersectionality between race and disability, Krip-Hop Theory, police brutality against disabled people, Black disabled history, and combatting intersectional ableism and racism in the music industry.

Krip-Hop Moore and his counterparts Rob DA' Noise Temple and Keith Jones started Krip-Hop, a movement that uses hip-hop music as a means of expression for people with disabilities. The primary goal of the Krip-Hop Nation is to increase awareness in music and media outlets of the talents, history and rights of people with disabilities. The Krip Hop Nation also focuses on advocacy, activism and education and holds workshops on relevant social, artistic, and political issues.

Krip-Hop Nation released its first mixtape in 2007 and performed at a festival for the first time, DaDaFest, in 2010. Moore and Krip-Hop organized the 'Black Disabled Komics Karacters Summit/Krip-Hop Visual Art Show' in 2020 and the 'African Disabled Musicians San Francisco Bay Area Tour' in 2019.

As leadership for Krip-Hop Nation, Moore as served as a producer for multiple music and film projects. He has also been the subject of two award-winning documentaries, Disabled Artist Showcase: Creating Our Spaces (2023) and ADA30 Lead On Celebration of Disability Arts, Culture, Education and Pride (2020).

Moore was interviewed by Jones for the Disability Visibility Project in 2016.

Discography

Filmography YearTitleDirectorRoleSource2023Disabled Artist Showcase: Creating Our SpacesEmmitt H. ThrowerCast (as Self)2023ADA30 Lead On Celebration of Disability Arts, Culture, Education and PrideTari Hartman Squire and Danny WoodburnCast (as Self)2023Tell Them You Love MeNick August-PernaConsultant Producer2020Disability and Cultural ActivismEmmitt H. ThrowerAssociate Producer, Music Producer, Cast (as Self)2015Where Is Hope: The Art of MurderEmmitt H. ThrowerCo-Producer, Music Producer, Composer2014"Blind Joe" – The Joe Capers Legacy An Alternative Minds FilmNaru KwinaProducer

Writing Since the 1990s, Moore has written the column "Ill in-N-Chilling" for POOR Magazine. Moore served as a founding member of Poor Magazine's Homefulness and Decolonize Academy.

He has written 6 books and 50+ written and spoken-word poems. He shares his spoken-word poetry along with his music on his SoundCloud. He co-authored a children's book called Black Disabled Art History 101.

Books

Poetry

Moore Jr., Leory F. (2009/October 23, 2012). "Cardboard Mattress (For Staff Benda Bilili)." – via SoundCloud.

Moore Jr., Leroy F. (May 20, 2014). "Big Blues." – via SoundCloud.

Moore Jr. Leroy F. (2018). "Invisible Man." – via YouTube. Moore Jr., Leory F. (March 5, 2022). "Do You See Me, Sister, Brother." – via SoundCloud. Moore Jr., Leory F. (August 3, 2022). "Hip-Hop@50." – via SoundCloud. Moore Jr., Leory F. (October 23, 2023). "Got A Letter From the Government." – via SoundCloud. Moore Jr., Leory F. (February 19, 2025). "Red, Black, Green & Krip." – via SoundCloud. Moore Jr., Leory F. (May 25, 2024). "My Blues Baby." – via SoundCloud. Moore Jr., Leory F. (September 2025). "You Can Never Feel The Sting (Inspire by Prodigy)." – via SoundCloud. Moore Jr., Leory F. (October 2025). "Dear Hip-Hop and Other Music Genres." – via SoundCloud. Moore Jr., Leory F. (January 9, 2026). "What is Black Ableism." – via SoundCloud. Moore Jr. Leroy F. (March 15, 2026) "Black Men of Disability." Produced by Khwezi Malusi Duma. – via SoundCloud. Moore Jr., Leory F. (March 2026). "Black Disabled Radical." – via SoundCloud.

Awards YearAwardAwarding BodyReference2022USA FellowshipUnited States Artists2022FDR Award Disability Rights Legal Center20227th Athletes in Excellence AwardThe Foundation for Global Sports Development2021Outstanding Music Direction for Rising Pheonix42nd Sports Emmy Awards2021Outstanding Long Sports Documentary for Rising Phoenix 42nd Sports Emmy Awards2020100 HonoreeYerba Buena Center for the Arts2019Susan M. Daniels Disability Mentoring Hall of FameNational Disability Mentoring Coalition2019Wynn Newhouse AwardSamuel I. Newhouse Foundation2014Champion of the Disabled in MediaSan Francisco Bay View Black Media Appreciation Night2005/06Julie Billiart Award for Outstanding Community ServiceMount Notre Dame High School 2002Local Hero Award for Black History MonthKQED of San Francisco1998AwardSan Francisco Mayor’s Disability Council1995DREDF Recognition AwardDisability Rights Education and Defense Fund19885th place – Men's Road Tricycle 1,500m C5-6 Paralympics19885th place – Men's Road Tricycle 3,000m C5-6 Paralympics

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