Welcome to HillmanTok University, the Digital HBCU Inspired by ‘A Different World’
On Jan. 20 , Dr. Leah Barlow, a professor at North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University, recorded a welcome video for her Intro to African American Studies students. In an almost three-minute post, Dr. Barlow introduced herself and her class’s first assignments. “The way that I teach this class is a little different than some of the other professors because I teach this class backwards, chronologically in time,” she explained to her followers, the 35 registered members of her class who had subscribed to the classroom TikTok page, @famstudies. At least that’s what she thought. Soon, over 560,000 people were following her, with the post getting 3.6 million views and over 700,000 likes.
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