Ralph Moon, Jr. is a retired teaching professional and administrator. He holds a BA in Business from the Union Institute
(Cincinnati, Ohio Campus) and an MA in Education. He completed post-graduate work in Special Education including a
Reading Endorsement also at the University of Cincinnati. He has served as Chair of the Special Education Department at a local Cincinnati high school and Co-Union Rep. He owns a Key to the City of Cincinnati, Citations from the Ohio House of Representatives and the Ohio Senate for excellence in education and community service. He has been a performer of Paul Laurence Dunbar literature for over 30 years. As co-author of "Little Paul Laurence", this is his first published work. He is married with three adult children, six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. He is a six year Army veteran. He currently serves as the Executive Director of the Robert A. Taft High School Educational Foundation ( a 501(c)(3) organization chartered to raise funds and resources for Taft High School. He is a forty-one year member of Prince Hall Masonry and a member of the Cincinnati Graduate Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity.