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Ric Murphy
Born
Boston, Massachusetts
NationalityAmerican of African ancestry
EducationHarvard University Kennedy School of Government (Resident Fellow)

Boston University (MUA)

University of Massachusetts (B.S.)
OccupationHistorian

Author

Filmmaker

Ric Murphy is a historian, author and filmmaker. His most recent work is the Arrival of the First Africans in English America, received the 2020 Phyllis Wheatley Award[1] and became an award-winning documentary. He is founder and President General of the Society of the First African Families of English America (SOFAFEA) and the former National Vice President for History, for the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society (AAHGS). He has contributed to the research, documentation, and preservation of African American history and culture from the arrival of the first documented Africans in English America in 1619 through the colonial period to the American Revolutionary War, and beyond.

His family lineage dates to the earliest colonial periods of Jamestown, Virginia and of Plymouth, Massachusetts,[2] and has been evaluated and accepted by several heredity societies, including the General Society Sons of the Revolution;[3] the National Society of the Sons of Colonial New England; the Sons of the American Revolution;[4] the Sons of the Union Veterans of the Civil War; the Sons and Daughters of the United States Middle Passage; and the Society of the First African Families of English America.[5]

Government Service and Public Service Appointments

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  • Appointed Director, Department of Administrative Services (Mayoral Appointment, Sharon Pratt Kelly, confirmed by District of Columbia Council), Washington, District of Columbia.[6]
  • Member (appointed by Mayor Pratt-Kelly, Presidential Approval), Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation, United States Government, Washington, DC.[7]
  • Chairman (appointed by Mayor Dinkins – 1 term, reappointed Mayor Giuliani 2 terms), City of New York Procurement Advisory Board, New York City.[8]
  • Appointed Commissioner, Department of Procurement and General Services (Gubernatorial Appointment, Governor Michael S. Dukakis), Boston, Massachusetts.[9][10]
  • Appointed State Purchasing Agent, Department of Administration and Finance, Purchasing Agent's Division (Gubernatorial Appointment, Governor Michael S. Dukakis), Boston, Massachusetts.[11]
  • Governor's Commission, 350th Anniversary Arrival of African Americans in Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts.[12]
  • Appointed Director, State Office of Affirmative Action (Gubernatorial Appointment, Governor Michael S. Dukakis), Boston, Massachusetts.[11]
  • Greater Boston Labor Council (elected citywide), Boston, Massachusetts.[11]
  • Committee for the City of Boston's School Superintendent (appointed by Boston School Committee), Boston, Massachusetts.[11]
  • Commonwealth of Massachusetts' State Democratic Committee Member (elected district wide five terms), Boston, Massachusetts.[11]

Publications

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Books

  • 2020: Murphy, Ric, Arrival of The First Africans in Virginia,[13] Arcadia Publishing's History Press, Charleston, South Carolina.[14]
  • 2019: Murphy, Ric, and Stephens, Timothy, Section 27 and Freedman's Village in Arlington National Cemetery: The African American History of America's Most Hallowed Ground,[15][16] McFarland Publishers,[17] Jefferson, North Carolina.[18]
  • 2018: Murphy, Ric, Rear Admiral Larry Chambers, USN: First African American to Command an Aircraft Carrier, McFarland Publishers,[19] Jefferson, North Carolina.[20][21][22]
  • 2014: Murphy, Ric, Freedom Road: An American Family Saga from Jamestown to World War,[23] Franklin Pearson Publishing, (first published in 2014).[24]

Selected Scholarly Articles

Selected Affiliations

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  • President General, Society of the First African Families of English America[29]
  • National Vice President for History, Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society[30][31]

Selected Honors

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  • (2021) Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society James Dent Award[32]
  • (2020) National Genealogical Society's[33] Presidential Citation[34]

Filmography and Accolades

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Murphy was the executive producer and director on the Arrival of the First Documented Africans in English America,[35] a 2023 American documentary film about the men, women and children of Angola who were the first documented Africans to arrive on the shores of English America in 1619. The film premiered at the American Theater[36] in Hampton, Virigina in August 2023. Murphy was awarded by the Portugal Indie Film Festival as the Best First Time Film Director of a Documentary (2023).[37]

Murphy's work has been recognized by domestic and international Film Festivals for the following works:

Domestic

  • 2024: Honorable Mention, The Northern Virginia International Film & Music Festival and CAPITAL Film Market (The NOVA Fest) for the Documentary: Arrival of the First Documented Africans in English America.[38]
  • 2024: Selected – Best Documentary, Virginia Black Film Festival for the Documentary: Arrival of the First Documented Africans in English America.[39]
  • 2023: Winner - Best of Festival, Juneteenth Florida Arts and Film Festival, for the Documentary: Arrival of the First Documented Africans in English America.[40]
  • 2023: Winner - Best Documentary, Juneteenth Florida Arts and Film Festival, for the Documentary: Arrival of the First Documented Africans in English America.[40]

International

  • 2023: Winner - Best Experimental Film, Brussels International Film Festival, for the Documentary: Arrival of the First Documented Africans in English America.[41]
  • 2023: Winner -Best Experimental Film, Crown Point International Film Festival for the Documentary: Arrival of the First Documented Africans in English America.[42]
  • 2023: Semi-Finalist - Best Documentary, Cannes World Film Festival for the Documentary: Arrival of the First Documented Africans in English America.
  • 2023: Winner – Best Documentary, Portugal Indie Film Festival, for the Documentary: Arrival of the First Documented Africans in English America.
  • 2023: Best First Time Film Director Winner, Portugal Indie Film Festival for the Documentary: Arrival of the First Documented Africans in English America.[43]

References

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  1. ^ "Book Award Winners – Sons & Daughters of the United States Middle Passage". Retrieved 2024-08-03.
  2. ^ Massachusetts Born Historian Traces Family Ancestry To First Captive Africans Brought To Virginia. WGBH
  3. ^ "An American Family's Patriotic Service in Time of War". Fraunces Tavern® Museum. 2021-09-27. Retrieved 2024-08-03.
  4. ^ "African American Participation in the American Revolution – National Society Sons of the American Revolution". www.sar.org. Retrieved 2024-08-03.
  5. ^ "SOFAFEA | Leadership". www.sofafea.org. Retrieved 2024-08-03.
  6. ^ District of Columbia Appropriations for 1994: Financial cluster ... pt. 3. Testimony of members of Congress, citizens and organizations of the District of Columbia.
  7. ^ Authorization for Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation and ..., Volume 4, By United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment, p. 10.
  8. ^ "Leadership". 7 March 2018.
  9. ^ Alice Munro, Drug Enforcement Manual, DIANE Publishing, 1993. ISBN: 156806831X, 9781568068312Drug Enforcement Manual.
  10. ^ Blankenship, Douglas, 1983 Outstanding Young Men of America MCMLXXXIII, Montgomery, Alabama, LCCC No. 65-3612, page 975.
  11. ^ a b c d e Blankenship, p 975.
  12. ^ Blankenship, p 975.
  13. ^ Murphy, Ric (2020). Amazon.com. History Press. ISBN 978-1467145985.
  14. ^ Murphy, Ric (2020). Arrival of the first Africans in Virginia. Charleston, South Carolina: The History Press. ISBN 978-1-4671-4598-5. OCLC 1139767112.
  15. ^ Murphy, Ric; Stephens, Timothy (2020-03-13). Section 27 and Freedman's Village in Arlington National Cemetery: The African American History of America's Most Hallowed Ground. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-7730-9.
  16. ^ Murphy, Ric; Stephens, Timothy (13 March 2020). Section 27 and Freedman's Village in Arlington National Cemetery: The African American History of America's Most Hallowed Ground: Murphy, Ric, Stephens, Timothy: 9781476677309: Amazon.com: Books. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476677309.
  17. ^ "McFarland & Company", Wikipedia, 2024-03-29, retrieved 2024-08-03
  18. ^ Murphy, Ric; Stephens, Timothy J. (2020). Section 27 and Freedman's Village in Arlington National Cemetery: the African American history of America's most hallowed ground. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. ISBN 978-1-4766-7730-9.
  19. ^ "McFarland & Company", Wikipedia, 2024-03-29, retrieved 2024-08-03
  20. ^ Murphy, Ric (2018). Rear Admiral Larry Chambers, USN: first African American to command an aircraft carrier. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. ISBN 978-1-4766-6727-0.
  21. ^ Murphy, Ric (2017-12-14). Rear Admiral Larry Chambers, USN: First African American to Command an Aircraft Carrier. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-6727-0.
  22. ^ Lt. Col. John T. Miller, Rear Admiral Larry Chambers, USN: First African American to Command an Aircraft Carrier, Military Review, Professional Journal, United States Army.
  23. ^ Murphy, Ric (25 March 2019). Amazon.com. Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp. ISBN 978-0578486024.
  24. ^ Murphy, Ric, https://www.worldcat.org/title/1119722868
  25. ^ "Search | Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History". www.gilderlehrman.org.
  26. ^ "Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History", Wikipedia, 2024-06-09, retrieved 2024-08-03
  27. ^ Murphy, Ric. (2022, Spring), Our National Cemetery and Its Honored Dead: The African American History of Arlington, The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, V. 62 The Honored Dead: African American Cemeteries, Graveyards and Burial Grounds.
  28. ^ Murphy, Ric, Journal, Journal of the Society of the First African Families of English America, 2022, Volume 1.
  29. ^ https://sofafea.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Page.ViewPage&pageId=488 Society of the First African Families of English America
  30. ^ Ric Murphy—Exploring the Rich Contributions of African American Ancestors, Family Search Blog
  31. ^ https://www.aahgs.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Page.ViewPage&pageId=3121 Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society
  32. ^ https://www.aahgs.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=page.viewPage&pageID=3188&nodeID=1 Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society Awardees
  33. ^ "National Genealogical Society", Wikipedia, 2023-07-03, retrieved 2024-08-03
  34. ^ National Genealogical Society 2020 Awardees
  35. ^ "Home | Arrival of the First Africans". Arrival of the First.
  36. ^ Arts, Hampton. "The American Theatre | Hampton Arts". www.hamptonarts.org.
  37. ^ "Winners – Portugal Indie Film Festival". Retrieved 2024-08-03.
  38. ^ "NOVA Fest ARTIST CIRCLE". The NOVA Fest. Retrieved 2024-08-03.
  39. ^ https://virginiablackfilmfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/VBFF-BROCHURE-2024__compressed.pdf
  40. ^ a b "Juneteenth Arts and Film Festival debuts Saturday at Polk State College Lakeland".
  41. ^ "AWARD RECIPIENTS AUGUST - OCTOBER :: Brussels International Film Festival - BIFF". www.brussels-festival.com. 2023-11-01. Retrieved 2024-08-03.
  42. ^ "August 2023". Crown Point Internat. Retrieved 2024-08-03.
  43. ^ "Winners – Portugal Indie Film Festival". Retrieved 2024-08-03.
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