Ivy League HBCU's: They Don't Show Up in the Mainstream's List

History Facts Excerpt: “Ivy League” is a term that evokes images of the hallowed vine-covered walls of some of the most elite educational institutions in the world. The Northeastern United States is home to the eight private research colleges and universities that make up the Ivy League, including Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island; Columbia University in New York City; Cornell University in Ithaca, New York; Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire; Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts; University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey; and Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. LINK

Take note that the above ARTICLE alone shows us why "DEI" (i.e., "Definitely Earned It") was a necessary element of the educational process of America, as "Ivy League" refers only to the seven colleges chartered before the founding of the United States and the one chartered after. 

The Seven "Ivy League" American schools and the order in which they were founded prior to 1776:

• Harvard University: 1636
• Yale University: 1701
• University of Pennsylvania: 1740
• Princeton University: 1746
• Columbia University: 1754
• Brown University: 1764
• Dartmouth College: 1769

The only one founded after 1776 is Cornell University, 1865. The reason it is listed as an Ivy League is because of its academic excellence, history of athletic competition, and founding principles.

     In July of 2023, Forbes magazine reported that "This past academic school year, the eight Ivy      League institutions – Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Penn, Columbia, Brown, Dartmouth, and              Cornell – enrolled a total of 68,968 undergraduate students — only 5,063 [less than 10%] of      them were Black. Howard University, a single institution, enrolled 5,916 Black undergrads.          It’s one of our nation’s 103 Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Vice President              Kamala Harris’ alma mater. Despite its historic origins, one-third [33-percent] of Howard’s        students are not Black. Even still, it has more Black undergrads than all eight Ivies put                      together. Florida A&M, Morgan State, North Carolina A&T, Prairie View A&M, Southern, and      Tennessee State are six other individual HBCUs at which Black undergraduate enrollments            exceed the cumulative sum of Black bachelor’s degree seekers across the Ivies." LINK 

Cheyney University of Pennsylvania is the oldest Historically Black College and University (HBCU) in the United States, founded in 1837. It's founder was Quaker philanthropist Richard Humphreys and it was originally called the African Institute and then the Institute for Colored Youth. The school's name became "Cheyney" in 1913. It is located 25 miles from Philadelphia and is a charter member of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education.

The HBCU's that are considered "Ivy League" for the same reasons as was Cornell University (1865) are: Fisk University (1866), Howard University (1867),  Morehouse College (1867), Morgan State University (1867), Hampton University (1868), Spelman College (1881), Tuskegee University (1881), Florida A&M ('FAMU'-1887), North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (1894), Xavier University of Louisiana (1915), Dillard University (1930), and Clark\1869\-Atlanta\1865\ University (1988) - twelve of a total of 133 Historically Black Universities and Colleges in the USA. Note: Atlanta University would be older than Fisk, and Clark College would be older than Spelman.

Pay attention to who is more racially 'accepting', especially with less than ten percent of Blacks admitted to white Ivies and more than thirty percent of Whites admitted to black Ivies.

How does it work out for them when whites attend HBCU's and are then the DEI students of those universities? Which job would they ever get where they would be told they were hired "just for being white"?

Think before you answer because you're going to figure out in your own answer why DIVERSITY, EQUITY and INCLUSION is still necessary.

Even worse, one of the reasons why many Black people do not want their Afrocentric children to attend HBCU's -- the 'race stigma' that will follow them for life is still a fact more than 150 years since 1865.

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