Category: Awards & Recognition
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2025 Annual: 1619 Commemoration of the First Enslaved African Landing
August 23, 2025 – Hampton, VA The 2025 Annual 1619 Commemoration of the First Enslaved African Landing featured acclaimed actor Djimon Hounsou as… read more
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National Recognition for Arrival of the First Africans in Virginia
Recognition from respected institutions is often a reflection of both scholarly excellence and public impact. Ric Murphy’s Arrival of the First Africans in… read more
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Historian and Author Ric Murphy Receives the Prestigious 2021 Frederick Douglass Service Award from the Sons and Daughters of the United States Middle Passage
May 21, 2021 Trenton, New Jersey – It is with great pleasure that we announce Mr. Ric Murphy, scholar, author, activist – the Sons… read more
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Ric Murphy: Receives 2020 National Genealogical Society President’s Citation
May 20, 2020 — Arlington, Virginia. The National Genealogical Society (NGS) awarded its prestigious 2020 President’s Citation to Ric Murphy in recognition of… read more
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Black Caucus of the American Library Association, Features Freedom Road: An American Family Saga From Jamestown to World War
June 4, 2015 – Indianapolis, IN Ric Murphy’s Freedom Road: An American Family Saga From Jamestown to World War was featured in the… read more