Meet The Founder Of HillmanTok University, TikTok’s First HBCU

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By Jasmine Browley ·Updated January 31, 2025

After the US TikTok ban was lifted, Cierra Hinton noticed her algorithm was different. She began seeing Black professors sharing their coursework as if they were in a classroom. The catalytic agent, Dr. Leah Barlow—a professor at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NC A&T)—kicked off a movement with her intro to African American studies series, opening the flood gates for other educators to

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