"Joan Murray (1937-) was the first African American female television news reporter in the United States, as well as an entrepreneur, small plane pilot, and writer. The Joan Murray papers detail her career in media and marketing; her personal life; and the various projects and business endeavors that she pursued throughout her life."

Joan Murray papers, Sc MG 847, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library, accessed April 10, 2026, https://archives.nypl.org/scm/23307