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Two or three schools named "Homer College" in Homer, Louisiana[edit]

Different sources state two different dates of founding for "Homer College". No source I could find connects the two/three schools to each other and it is unclear if they are related (the black school citations show 1880 as the founding date and not earlier). The campus locations in 1850 and 1880 were different but in the same city. PigeonChickenFish (talk) 03:34, 25 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Homer College (1850–?), also known as Homer Male College, a segregated white school(?), related to the Methodist Church, and was not at college-level. The first founding date of 1850, appears to be a segregated white school possibly only for male students, founded as a one room school house, founded under the support of local judge William B. Giles Egan and the church.^[1] It was not regarded as an actual college until the later years.^[2] In 1855, Homer College was incorporated and a board of trustees was formed.^[3] It is unclear how the 1850s school was effected by the American Civil War (1861–1865), and if this school shared more than the name and church affiliation with the later incarnation(s).

Homer Female College (founded sometime during/before 1866)^[4]

Homer Seminary (1880–1910), historically black school, related to the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church (CME); name changed to Homer College (1910–1918) nicknamed "Homer Colored College"; started as elementary and high school and became college prep after 1910

References

^ Reed, Germaine M. (1999-03-01). David French Boyd: Founder of Louisiana State University. LSU Press. pp. 9–10. ISBN 978-0-8071-2469-7.
^ Burke, Colin (October 1982). American Collegiate Populations: A Test of the Traditional View. NYU Press. p. 305. ISBN 978-0-8147-1038-8.
^ Acts Passed at the Second Legislature of the State of Louisiana. State of Louisiana. J. C. de St. Romes. January 15, 1855. p. 71.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
^ "North Louisiana". The Times-Picayune. September 15, 1866. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.

[1] Reed, Germaine M. (1999-03-01). David French Boyd: Founder of Louisiana State University. LSU Press. pp. 9–10. ISBN 978-0-8071-2469-7.

[2] Burke, Colin (October 1982). American Collegiate Populations: A Test of the Traditional View. NYU Press. p. 305. ISBN 978-0-8147-1038-8.

[3] Acts Passed at the Second Legislature of the State of Louisiana. State of Louisiana. J. C. de St. Romes. January 15, 1855. p. 71.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

[4] "North Louisiana". The Times-Picayune. September 15, 1866. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.

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