The "Black Ivy League" (also known as the "Elite Eight")

These colleges are the oldest and most prestigious of the
historically black colleges and universities (HBCU).

• Lincoln University (1854)
• Atlanta University (1865) (now part of Clark-Atlanta University)
• Fisk University (1866)
• Howard University (1867)
• Morehouse College (1867)
• Hampton University (1868)
• Spelman College (1881)
• Tuskegee University (1881)

See also:
http://www.smart.net/~pope/hbcu/hbculist.htm