Books and Other Media
In 2005 Warner Books published "I'm Just a DJ but ... It Makes Sense to Me" written with his longtime writer, Mary Flowers Boyce. The book chronicles his childhood and early days in radio as well as offers Joyner's thoughts on Historically Black Colleges and Universities ("HBCUs"), the power of the black consumer and fatherhood. In February 2009, Amber Books published Tom Joyner Presents How to Prepare for College, a primer for parents and their children offering specific suggests and advice. The book features a foreword written by Joyner with writers Wil and Thomas LaVeist.
He appeared with his father and grandfather in the documentary "Rising from the Rails: The Story of the Pullman Porter" crediting his family with passing down important values which he passed down to his sons as well. His grandfather Oscar "Doc" Joyner was a Pullman porter who became a medical doctor.
Tom Joyner has had cameo roles in two films-The Gospel (2005) and Madea Goes to Jail (2009). He also had another television show, The Tom Joyner Sky Show (2003), and has appeared on many other television programs.
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