HillmanTok, TikTok's first 'HBCU', is now enrolling

A network of Black educators, experts and content creators have worked together to form HillmanTok University, where people can find expertise on more than 400 subjects.

Class is in session at HillmanTok University, a virtual and symbolic online institution that’s bringing together millions of curious learners and academics.

But this university is unlike any other: It fully exists on TikTok. 

And it was created by accident.

In late January, Leah Barlow posted a welcome message to her real Intro to African American Studies class at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University on TikTok. In about a week, the video mapping out her course for her 36 students reached almost 4 million people.

“I was just looking for a way to engage, but this launched something that is much bigger than me,” Barlow said.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/hillmantok-hbcu-tiktok-black-educators-courses-rcna190013

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