Originals

It’s All-Star time. “Celebrity Apprentice” is back and this time, someone is playing for our team. Actress/model and TV personality Claudia Jordan, one of this season’s celebrity all-stars will be playing for the Tom Joyner Foundation, which awards scholarships to college students in need attending HBCU’s (historically black colleges and universities) and with the help of […]

Your relationship with yourself determines your destiny. It will determine how much money you attract and the ease with which you receive it. This one relationship will determine how you run your business and how you impact the important people in your life. It drastically shapes your love life and even your pant size. Check […]

The Tom Joyner Morning Show crew takes a funny but critical look at Pope Benedict XVI, the Roman Catholic Church and HBO’s “Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God” documentary which reveals the history of sexual abuse scandals within the Catholic church. ————— TOM JOYNER:  The Pope was clean this morning. J. ANTHONY […]

One of Roland Martin’s recent guests was a mom who was upset with her five-year-old son’s elementary school because she thought the lesson on slavery went too far. Parts of it included a take–home survey with questions about slavery, a coloring book page depicting a slave auction and, the biggest offender, according to his mom, […]

Well we’ve come to the final day of Black History Month, as usual, that was quick. And since it’s the last day of our favorite month—and tomorrow marks the first day of Women’s History Month—I’m going to celebrate the sisters today. But not the usual beautiful matriarchs we customarily celebrate this time of the year—Sojourner, […]

Comedian Sommore can throw down in the kitchen but she admits in her “Black History Moment” reflection that she can’t fry chicken. Don’t front, you know you burned a wing or two in your days!

30-year-old Gary Hank Thompson out of Kentucky has earned over $100,000 by scamming people who believed he was wheel-chair bound mentally handicapped man. Thompson slurred his speech and twisted his face in a manner that led thousands of people to believe he was mentally disabled. According to Thompson, he earned somewhere between $80,000-$100,000 a year […]

Roland Martin talks with Father George Clements about the impact of the Pope’s resignation, the possibility of a black Pope and HBO’s ‘Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God’ documentary about sexual abuse scandals in the Roman Catholic Church.

After more than 100 years, the U.S. Census Bureau will drop the term “Negro” from its race description and use the term black or African American. The term Negro was first used in the 1900 census, replacing the word “colored.” The term “Negro” originated with the Portuguese and Spanish explorers who used the actual word […]

Could Shawty-Lo‘s TV show be heading to another network? It might be. Plus, Chris Paul takes a hilarious look at the Winans’ family member heading to prison over a ponzi scheme. ——————— This is Chris Paul from the TJMS running through the top stories in roughly sixty seconds with The Morning Minute. Oh, no, a […]

The TJMS honors former Motown vocalist Richard Street, who was a member of the Temptations for 25 years.

Comedian and “Seriously Ignorant News” correspondent Damon Williams reflects on his favorite Black History moment.