About Everyday Black: Disability
Everyday Black: Disability. This children’s book is an informative introduction to Black deaf/disabled people, as well as a heartfelt tribute to their lives and experiences. Using narratives of Black deaf/disabled characters, it introduces the young reader to various disabilities and relates stories of Black people with these disabilities. It promotes representation, inclusion and social awareness.
“Everyday Black: Disability” addresses the need for disability education and discourse for all communities, especially Black Communities. With the book, the author hopes to:
- Educate about disability
- Normalize disabled life and experiences
- Amplify Black disabled narratives
- Support Black disability culture
- Promote curiosity and appreciation of all life experiences
- Impact all lives
About the Author
Alexis (Alex) Toliver is an unapologetically Black, nonbinary person with multiple disabilities. They are radically disabled and work towards the liberation of all people. Alexis is one of the many co-founders of the Harriet Tubman Collective. This is an extraordinary collective of Black, Deaf/disabled activists. They proudly work as a research assistant for the Disability Health Research Center. Although Alex has dedicated her life to liberation, she is also a neuroscientist. Combining scientific pursuits and advocacy efforts, they seek to provide STEM opportunities to disabled and marginalized people. This is done by educating, lecturing, advocating, supporting accessibility efforts, and promoting STEM opportunities for disabled and marginalized people. They have received awards such as the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Gilliam Fellowship and the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship to support these efforts. Alexis is multifaceted and multi-marginalized. Their life goal is to liberate and support marginalized people by any means necessary.
Qn 1: Can you tell us more about your book, Everyday Black: Disability, What is it about?
Alexis Toliver announces the release of ‘Everyday Black: Disability’
New book brings the focus on narratives centering Blackness anddisability
WASHINGTON – Recent data from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that disability impacts one in four Black people in theUnited States which is higher than the ratio for their White, Hispanic, Native Hawaiian/Pacific islander, and Asian counterparts. Despite this, there is an alarmingly low rate of literature centering Blackness and disability. Very few books have been written by Black, disabled authors. It is for this reason that Alexis Toliver decided to pen “Everyday Black: Disability” (published by AuthorHouse).
This children’s book is an informative introduction to Black deaf/disabled people, as well as a heartfelt tribute to their lives and experiences. Using narratives of Black deaf/disabled characters, it introduces the young reader to various disabilities and relates stories of Black people with these disabilities. It promotes representation, inclusion and social awareness.
Everyday Black: Disability addresses the need for disability education and discourse for all communities, especially Black Communities. With the book, the author hopes to:
- Educate about disability
- Normalize disabled life and experiences
- Amplify Black disabled narratives
- Support Black disability culture
- Promote curiosity and appreciation of all life experiences
- Impact all lives
Qn 2: Who do you think would be interested in this book, Everyday Black: Disability, is it directed at any particular market?
Children, BIPOC, LBGTQIA
Qn 3: Out of all the books in the world, and all the authors, which are your favourite and why?
Toni Morrison, Audre Lord, James Baldwin
“ To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time.”
-James Baldwin
Qn 4: Where can our readers find out more about you, do you have a website, or a way to be contacted?
Alexis (Alex) Toliver, author of Everyday Black: Disability, is an unapologetically Black, nonbinary person with multiple disabilities. They are radically disabled and work towards the liberation of all people. Alexis is one of the many co-founders of the Harriet Tubman Collective. This is an extraordinary collective of Black, Deaf/disabled activists. They proudly work as a research assistant for the Disability Health Research Center. Although Alex has dedicated her life to liberation, she is also a neuroscientist. Combining scientific pursuits and advocacy efforts, they seek to provide STEM opportunities to disabled and marginalized people. This is done by educating, lecturing, advocating, supporting accessibility efforts, and promoting STEM opportunities for disabled and marginalized people. They have received awards such as the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Gilliam Fellowship and the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship to support these efforts. Alexis is multifaceted and multi-marginalized. Their life goal is to liberate and support marginalized people by any means necessary.
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