Ralph Wayne Carter was born February 21, 1944, in Johnson City, Tennessee to Rosalee and J. Andrew Carter. Ralph was the second of four children and grew up surrounded by family before making his way to Detroit, Michigan, at the young age of seventeen to live with relatives and pursue new opportunities. In 1972, Ralph began his career with Ford Motor Company, where he dedicated many years of hard work and commitment. One of his proudest accomplishments came in November ...

In the autumn of 1948, as America stood at the edge of transformation, a baby boy named Rona Burke entered the world in Macon, Georgia. It was a time when Black families across the South were rising with resilience—when the Great Migration was reshaping communities, when voices of justice were beginning to echo, and when hope was a revolutionary act. Into this pivotal moment, Rona was born, carrying a strength and determination that would shape the 77 years he spent on this earth. As ...