During my second trip to the Schomburg, I looked through the radio collection in the digital archives. I found many stunning photographs of the late radio host Betty Granger Reid. Here is a couple:
Betty Granger with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Betty Granger with Eartha Kitt
Reaction:
What I’ve gathered from the archives is that Ms. Granger was a radio personality and host for WLIB during the 1950s. I’ve scavenged the internet for information, but I was unable to find much more beyond what the archive details. Unfortunately, I think this speaks to how little information has been preserved regarding pioneering women radio deejays of color.
Access:
I received access to the photographs from The Schomburg Digital Archives.
Metadata:
The photographs list the photographer, Cecil Layne.