Editing Tim Reid (section)

==Early years==
Reid was born in [[Norfolk, Virginia|Norfolk]], [[Virginia]], and raised in the Crestwood area of [[Chesapeake, Virginia|Chesapeake]], formerly [[Norfolk County, Virginia|Norfolk County]], Virginia. He is the son of William Lee and Augustine (née Wilkins) Reid. He had experienced segregation growing up in Norfolk, the majority of businesses around him being black-owned.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://richmond.com/tim-reid/article_7268be3d-8a6c-556a-85b1-2a8522b77b15.html | title=Tim Reid | date=February 4, 2005 }}</ref><ref name="filmr">{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/71/Tim-Reid.html|title=Tim Reid Biography (1944-)|publisher=Film Reference|access-date=June 4, 2012}}</ref> He earned his [[Bachelor of Business Administration]] degree at [[Norfolk State University|Norfolk State College]] in 1968. Reid also became a member of [[Alpha Phi Alpha]] fraternity. After graduation, he was hired by [[Dupont Corporation]], where he worked for three years.<ref name="mbc">[http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/R/htmlR/reidtim/reidtim.htm Tim Reid profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081018135907/http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/R/htmlR/reidtim/reidtim.htm |date=October 18, 2008 }}, [[Museum of Broadcast Communications]] website; accessed January 11, 2014.</ref>

Reid's entertainment career also began in 1968. He and insurance salesman [[Tom Dreesen]] met at a [[Junior Chamber of Commerce]] meeting near Chicago.<ref name="cnn">Leopold, Todd (October 2, 2008), [http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/books/10/02/tim.and.tom/index.html "'WKRP' vet Reid, standup Dreesen's previous life"], [[CNN]].</ref> They were "put together to promote an anti-drug program in the local schools" and, prompted by a comment from a child, decided to form a comedy team.<ref name="cnn"/> The team, later billed as "[[Tim and Tom]]", was the first interracial [[Double act|comedy duo]]. Years later, Reid and Dreesen wrote a book about those years called ''Tim & Tom: An American Comedy in Black and White'' (2008), co-written with sports writer Ron Rapoport.<ref>[http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/T/bo5631126.html ''Tim and Tom''] page at The University Press of Chicago.</ref><ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005347/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm "Tim Reid Biography"] at IMDb.</ref>