Ric Murphy

National Museum of African American History: Donors Evening

Posted on September 17, 2016February 23, 2018 by Ric Murphy

September 17, 2016, Washington, DC. I had the awesome honor in attending the Donors Evening at a pre-opening event at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, and it was absolutely and AWESOME star-studded event. No long lines to get into the building, they handled issues of crowd control with absolute precision, including checking bags, IDs and onsite registration. The first thing a visitor will notice is the beauty and grandeur of the lobby, which was warm and inviting. ...
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New Orleans, Louisiana

Posted on September 15, 2016November 1, 2017 by Ric Murphy

New Orleans, Louisiana. The Ric Murphy Book Tour Bus stopped in New Orleans and there is no city like “The Big Easy,” with its jambalaya, Po-Boy, and crawfish; its rhythmic Jazz, Zydeco and Blue Grass sounds on Bourbon Street; and its party atmosphere and people watching–what great fun as always. The book signing at the Sheraton Hotel on Canal Street was such a success, I ran out of books. But, don’t worry, the 30 pounds of books that were taken to the hotle was m...
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Patriot Isaac Carter Chapter

Posted on September 3, 2016November 1, 2017 by Ric Murphy

September 3, 2016, Harlowe Township, Craven County, North Carolina. In an historic moment, the North Carolina Society of the Sons of the American Revolution chartered its newest chapter, the Patriot Isaac Carter Chapter, in honor of fourteen brave African American men who patriotically served in the American Revolutionary War. The Isaac Carter Chapter is the first of the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution named after an African-American and is the...
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2016 BCALA Newsletter

Posted on June 23, 2016November 1, 2017 by Ric Murphy

Columbia, SC. The distinguished Black Caucus of the American Library Association in its Spring 2016 BCALA Newsletter, just provided a Book Review for Freedom Road: An American Family Saga from Jamestown to World War. The BCALA serves as an advocate for the development, promotion, and improvement of library services and resources to the nation’s African American community; and provides leadership for the recruitment and professional development of African Amer...ican librarians. For more...
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INDIE Book Awards

Posted on April 20, 2016November 1, 2017 by Ric Murphy

Ric Murphy’s award winning book, Freedom Road: An American Family Saga from Jamestown to World War, will be honored by the 2016 Indie Book Awards as the winner in the Multicultural Non-Fiction category at the Awards Ceremony at the Newberry Library in Chicago on Wednesday May 11th. For authors and publishers the Indie Book Awards is the largest nonprofit organization known as 'Sundance' of the book publishing world, and actively advances the work of distinguished authors interna...
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2016 Virginia Book Festival

Posted on March 19, 2016November 1, 2017 by Ric Murphy

Charlottesville, Virginia. On March 19, 2016 the Ric Murphy Book Tour Bus will be back on the road, and will be at the Virginia Book Festival, at the Omni Hotel – Atrium, in historic Charlottesville, Virginia. The festival is sponsored by the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities.
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Maurice Barbosa Testimony

Posted on August 4, 2015February 21, 2018 by Ric Murphy

This is the most important book on the struggle for liberty that will likely ever be written, given that Ric Murphy illuminates his own multi-generational family in a continuous line, from Jamestown to Your Town. Could there be another? The magnitude of this family's engagement with the implements of liberty and justice will rock whatever foundations upon which American history had been constructed since books began being written about the Revolutionary War and freedom. With an abiding love for ...
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