Daniel J. Sanders

Daniel Jackson Sanders (February 15, 1847 - March 6, 1907) was a Prebyterian clergyman who served as president of Johnson C. Smith University in North Carolina and published a Presbyterian newspaper for African Americans. He was the first African American president of a four-year college in the southern U.S.[1][2] Sanders was born a slave in Winnsboro, South Carolina.[3]

Sanders attended Brainerd Institute and was a tutor at the school. He then graduated from Western Theological Seminary.[2]

He published the Africo-American Presbyterian and served as president of Biddle University for 17 years.

Upon his death the Charlotte Observer reported that his students had always been "well-behaved".[3]

References
  1. "Johnson C. Smith University, Charlotte, NC, Biddle Memorial Hall". Umbra Search African American History.
  2. "Sanders, Daniel Jackson | NCpedia". www.ncpedia.org.
  3. "The Assembly Herald". General Assembly. November 16, 1907 – via Google Books.
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