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The Black Ivy League refers to a segment of the historically black colleges (HBCUs) in the United States that attract the majority of high-performing or affluent African American students. The actual Ivy League is an eight-member athletic conference, however, Black Ivy schools are not organized as an official group and affiliated with the NCAA Ivy League sports conference. At one point in history, some of these institutions debated forming a Black Ivy League athletic conference, but did not reach an agreement. Similar other terms include: Public Ivies, Southern Ivies, and the Little Ivies among others, none of which have canonical definitions. Generally, the institutions themselves avoid using the term Black Ivy to describe themselves.