![]() ![]() At first, his goal was to be a musician, and he joined a band, the Commodores, that included his college friend Lionel Richie, but the band did not make any money and his family encouraged him to seek another way to make a living. While a student at Tuskegee, Joyner joined the fraternity Omega Psi Phi. Tom Joyner graduated with a degree in sociology. Both of his parents were graduates of historically black colleges, and both Tom and his brother Albert attended Tuskegee Institute, now known as Tuskegee University. Tom came from an educated family: his grandfather Oscar was one of only 3,000 black physicians in the United States, earning a degree in medicine in 1909. Joyner was born in Tuskegee, Alabama, the son of Frances and Hercules L. Joyner is the former host of the nationally syndicated The Tom Joyner Morning Show, and also founder of Reach Media Inc., the Tom Joyner Foundation, and. Thomas Joyner (born November 23, 1949) is an American radio personality, host, philanthropist and former musician. ![]()
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