Merl Raymond Eppse (1893 – December 27, 1967) was an American historian, and a pioneer of Black studies.
[2] Eppse earned a master's degree from the Teachers College, Columbia University in 1935.
[3] Eppse was the president of the Tennessee Negro Education Association from 1948 to 1949, and he was awarded an honorary doctorate of laws from Wilberforce University in 1953.
[2] Eppse founded the National Publication Company in Nashville, Tennessee, to publish his books.
[2] Penn State professor Murry R. Nelson presented a paper on Eppse in 1988.