Attorney General Loretta Lynch is on a 12-city Community Policing tour in conjunction with President Obama’s Presidential Proclamation that designates the week of Oct. 2-8, 2016 as National Community Policing Week. She talks to the Tom Joyner Morning Show’s political panel Jacque Reid, Roland Martin and Shaun King about the number of cases of unarmed black men […]
Anthony Hamilton talks to the Tom Joyner Morning Show about the unrest in the city of Charlotte, North Carolina after the shooting death of Keith Lamont Scott and what conversations he has with his children (he has six sons). “I tell my oldest son, I know you drive a little fast so don’t give them […]
Professor Melissa Harris Perry is the Maya Angelou Presidential Chair at Wake Forest University. She talks to the Tom Joyner Morning Show about her take on yesterday’s presidential debate. “Undoubtedly, the most interesting I saw was that young people were saying Hillary Clinton was their choice. Another interesting thing for me was race. I think neither […]
The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Incorporated (CBCF) will launch its 46th Annual Legislative Conference with a strong message about the importance and power of the African-American vote. Congresswoman Corrine Brown talks to the Tom Joyner Morning Show about the fraud charges she’s facing and what to expect at the CBC this weekend. “We’re taking it […]
The White House is a dream gig for any deejay, but what if you’re 11-years-old? Despite not being that far along in his deejay career, that’s the story of pre-teen Dylan Curtis. The Philadelphia native, who goes by DJ D-Ill, scored the gig after learning his skills from his father, also a deejay, and honing […]
Radio host, author and political commentator D.L. Hughley joined Chris Cuomo on CNN’s New Day to discuss NFL star Colin Kaepernick‘s National Anthem’s protest. Hughley is widely known for his stance on police violence and its effects on the African-American community. “You’ll see people that will come out and say they’re opposed to what Kaepernick is doing, […]
With the overabundance of bad news circulating these days, it’s quite nice to hear something good and truly heart-warming. Fresh off of his NBA Championship win, Cleveland Cavaliers superstar LeBron James gave back to the city of Ohio in such a fun-filled way. When word gets out that a celebrity is doing something positive […]
It’s always incredibly sad to watch the aftermath of a natural disaster and how it drastically affects the lives of those in its wake. That is exactly what is happening now, as numerous reports and images are coming out of the recent floods in Louisiana. The floods have been extremely severe and actor Wendell Pierce […]
John Silvanus Wilson Jr, President of Morehouse College and Dr. Mary Schmidt Campbell, President of Spelman College talk to the Tom Joyner Morning Show about the first ever HBCU National Symposium on gun violence. “The student movement was born on the campuses of the AUC. The students there translated their intellectual capital into action that changed the city of […]
Dr. Brian Williams, associate professor of surgery at UT Southwestern & trauma surgeon at Parkland Hospital in Dallas was the lead surgeon on call the night of the horrific shooting that left five officers dead. “I didn’t plan to say anything at the press conference. I had voiced those opinions to colleagues in a […]
Legendary Emmy award-winning actress Lynn Whitfield is one of the stars in Greenleaf, airing on OWN on Wednesday nights. She’s from Baton Rouge and on a recent visit home, spoke to the Aunt of Alton Sterling. She talks to the Tom Joyner Morning Show about her role in Greenleaf, how her hometown is recovering since […]
When the disappointing and outrageous news broke today that all of the officers tried in the Freddie Gray murder case had been acquitted, most people were shocked, saddened and disheartened by another injustice of a black man being murdered with no one held accountable. However it wasn’t just regular citizens who were highly upset, as […]
