Homer College

Not to be confused with Homer Goes to College or Homer High School (Louisiana).
Homer College
Homer College students (c. 1908)
Location
Homer, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, U.S.
Information
Other namesHomer Colored College
Former nameHomer Seminary (1880–1910);
Homer College (1910–1918
TypeReligious elementary school and secondary school
Religious affiliation(s)Colored Methodist Episcopal Church (1880–1918)
Established1880
Closed1918

Homer College, formerly Homer Seminary (active from 1880 to 1918), was a private Methodist school in Homer, Louisiana.[1][2][3] In 1880 a school was opened under the name "Homer Seminary" as an African American elementary and high school founded by members of the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church or CME (Christian Methodist Episcopal Church since 1954); by 1910 the school was renamed Homer College and became part of the CME, it served as an African American college-preparatory school for Texas College in Tyler, Texas. The school closed in 1918 after a conflict of leadership.[1]

  1. ^ a b Murphy, Larry G.; Melton, J. Gordon; Ward, Gary L. (November 20, 2013). Encyclopedia of African American Religions. Routledge. p. 357. ISBN 978-1-135-51338-2.
  2. ^ Lakey, Othal Hawthorne (1985). The History of the CME Church. CME Publishing House. p. 453.
  3. ^ Hartshorn, W. N.; Penniman, George W., eds. (1910). An Era of Progress and Promise: 1863–1910. Boston, MA: Priscilla Pub. Co. p. 303. OCLC 5343815.