Black Ivy League institutions as being "Howard University, Hampton University, Spelman College, Fisk University, Morehouse College, Tuskegee University and Dillard University." The "North Star" News described "Howard, Fisk, Hampton, Morehouse, Morgan, Tuskegee, and Cheyney ... as the equivalent of a Black Ivy League." Lincoln University in Pennsylvania has also been mentioned as being included in the group. In 1976, the "Chicago Tribune" included "Morehouse, Atlanta University, Morris Brown, Gannon, Clark and Spelman..." The actual Ivy League is an eight-member athletic conference. At one point in history, some of these institutions debated forming a Black Ivy League athletic conference without reaching an agreement. Although
The Ivy League (band) was slight, only "Tossing and Turning" appearing in the "Billboard" charts, reaching No.83 on the "Billboard" Hot 100. Carter and Lewis next masterminded The Flower Pot Men, hitting No. 4 in the UK with "Let's Go To San Francisco". Carter and Lewis then fulfilled the role of managers. Burrows and Landon left The Ivy League to join the touring version of The Flower Pot Men, two further "front men" were with the band during this period (Robert Young and Mike Curtis), leaving Perry Ford to carry on with new personnel until he stopped using the name in 1975. In the