'A Different World' cast reunites for HBCU tour kicking off in Atlanta

Actresses Dawnn Lewis, Cree Summer and Jasmine Guy perform in a scene from "A Stepping Stone," a second season episode of "A Different World." (Courtesy of ADW Tour)

On Thursday, students of Atlanta-based HBCUs are in for an experience bound to place them in “a different world.”

The Atlanta University Center — home of Historically Black Colleges and Universities Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse College and Spelman College — is hosting the kickoff to a 10-city college tour that reunites the cast of the groundbreaking NBC sitcom “A Different World” over 35 years after the series premiere.

In addition to Emmy-winning Atlanta actress and director Jasmine Guy, the event will feature former cast members Kadeem Hardison, Cree Summer, Charnele Brown, Glynn Turman, Dawnn Lewis and Sinbad.