Morris Brown College ponders a sale to Tom Joyner’s Co.
Date: Thursday, December 16, 2004
By: C. JEMAL HORTON, BlackAmericaWeb.com
After initially rebuffing Tom Joyner’s efforts to purchase Morris Brown College, school officials said they are now having “conversations” with the syndicated radio personality about a deal for the troubled historically black college.
On Tuesday, Joyner’s sons, Oscar and Tom Jr., were among a contingent that met with Morris Brown leaders, including trustee chairman James Young.
“We’re just talking; we’re not going together yet,” Oscar Joyner., President & Chief Operating Officer of REACH Media Inc., told BlackAmericaWeb.com.
The younger Joyners did not provide further details, adding only that Morris Brown officials had gotten several e-mails and phone calls expressing frustration at why the school wasn’t seriously considering his father’s offer.
I am very excited at the prospect of Tom Joyner buying Morris Brown. As a former Brownite and current law school graduate, I am thrilled at the opportunity to have Morris Brown brought from the ashes like a phoenix. You rock Tom Joyner!! And I hope that the Methodist powers that be don't let politics pull them down and keep Morris Brown from rising once more.
Posted by: Adriane Love at December 21, 2004 07:56 AM