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* '''Homer College''' (1850–?), also known as '''Homer Male College''', a segregated white school, related to the Methodist Church, and was not at college level |
* '''Homer College''' (1850–?), also known as '''Homer Male College''', a segregated white school, related to the Methodist Church, and was not at college level |
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* '''Homer Female College''' (founded sometime after 1866)<ref>{{Cite news |title=North Louisiana |pages=2 |work=[[The Times-Picayune]] |url=https://www-newspapers-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/article/the-times-picayune-north-louisiana/132380652/|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> |
* '''Homer Female College''' (founded sometime after 1866)<ref>{{Cite news |title=North Louisiana |pages=2 |work=[[The Times-Picayune]] |url=https://www-newspapers-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/article/the-times-picayune-north-louisiana/132380652/|via=Newspapers.com|date=September 15, 1866}}</ref> |
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* '''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 |
* '''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 |
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Different sources state two different dates of founding for "Homer College". The first founding date of 1850, appears to be a segregated white school. A school named Homer College was started in 1850 as a one room school house, possibly only for white students, under the support of local judge William B. Giles Egan and the Methodist 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]
No source I could find connects the two schools to each other (and it is unclear if they are related because the later black school citations show 1880 as the founding date and not earlier). 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. The campus locations were different but in the same city. PigeonChickenFish (talk) 03:34, 25 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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