Hook & Chessington Library
9 October 2025
1-2pm
To celebrate Black History Month
with Black Disabled Authors
Notable black disabled poets include:
Audre Lorde, known for her legal blindness and experiences with cancer,
Leroy F. Moore Jr., a physical disability advocate and founder of Krip-Hop Nation, and
Ashanti Anderson, a queer, disabled poet whose debut collection is Black Under.
Other significant voices are:
Alayna Powell, who explores disability within a religious context, and
Jasmine “Queen Jasmeen” Schlafke, a slam poet and disability justice advocate.
For more information about this event please contact:-
Hook & Chessington Library,
13 Hook Rd, Hook, Chessington KT9 1EJ.
Email info@kdn.org.uk or
Phone 020 8547 5006.