Is Hillman College a real school?
How old is Jasmine Guy now?
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As a show developed by Bill Cosby for a character from The Cosby Show, A Different World had many connections to its parent program, even before the latter program was created. The third season finale of The Cosby Show, entitled “Hillman”, was essentially a pilot episode for the new show.
Why did Denise Huxtable leave a different world?
Hillman College is a fictional, historically Black college that is located in the state of Virginia. Visual shots of the Hillman campus that were used in the series were actually filmed at two real-life Black colleges, Clark Atlanta University and Spelman College, both in Atlanta, Georgia.
