Ric Murphy is an educator, historian, lecturer and award-winning author. He has served as board chair of several organizations and on numerous additional national and local not-for-profit boards. His achievements also includes serving as the National Vice President for the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Association

Ric's new publication the Arrival of the First Africans in Virginia is coming out in June (History Press, 2020) and The Legacy of theFirst Africans in Virginia (History Press, 2021). He is a descendant and born to write the true story about the arrival of the first documented Africans to arrive in English North America in 1619.