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Black History Year

3 Ways HillmanTok University Is Reviving the Legacy of Black Education

Black History Year

PushBlack

History

4.62.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2025

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

DEI rollbacks and Black history bans aren't new. They've always been deployed to block our access to educational opportunities. Now, 'HillmanTok' University, an online HBCU educating thousands, reminds us of something we should never forget.


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0:00.0

Why are businesses like HelloVet choosing Apple products and services?

0:04.8

So we started the business two years ago.

0:07.2

We had a few people who were used to PCs and this was their first foray into Macs.

0:12.5

But it's been super smooth getting everyone onto those devices and everyone seems really, really happy.

0:18.0

Find out how Mac can help you run and grow your business at apple.com forward slash hello vet.

0:30.4

DEI rollbacks and black history bands aren't new.

0:34.4

They've always been deployed to block our access to educational opportunities.

0:39.2

Now, Hillman Talk University, and online HBCU educating thousands, reminds us of something we should

0:46.4

never forget. I'm Len with Push Black, and this is Two-Minute Black History. What You

0:52.6

Didn't Learn in school. A video of Dr. Leah Barlow, an African American studies professor who uses TikTok to connect online with her students, went viral, unintentionally sparking a digital education movement.

1:18.6

Many educators and experts offer TikTok courses to thousands of black folks eager to learn new skills, from finances to gardening. Hillman-Tock University reminds us that we've always found ways to educate ourselves

1:32.3

when anti-black policies tried to stop us.

1:35.3

Here are some of the things we did.

1:37.3

Night schools.

1:39.3

During enslavement, it was illegal for us to learn to read and write. So, in Mississippi,

1:47.4

Lillianne Granderson risked her life to secretly educate our people once the sun went down,

1:53.9

right under the nose of enslavers. Freedom Schools

1:58.6

Black educators from around the country banded together during the summer of

2:02.6

1964 to design a curriculum that empowered Mississippi's black youth to express themselves

2:08.6

and use their voices to think and act politically.

2:12.6

And historically black college universities.

2:18.3

When white colleges and universities refuse to accept black students,

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