Howard Trivia

In an article from the Museum of Broadcast Communications, the Hollywood Reporter stated that when Howard alumna Debbie Allen became the producer-director of the popular television series, A Different World (which dealt with the life of students at the fictional Historically Black College, Hillman, that ran for several seasons on NBC), Allen, herself a graduate of Howard, drew from her college experiences in an effort to accurately reflect in the show the social and political life on black campuses. Moreover, Allen instituted a yearly spring trip to Atlanta where some of the show's writers visited Morehouse and Spelman. During these visits, ideas for several of the episodes emerged from meetings with students and faculty.