Daniel J. Sanders

Daniel J. Sanders
President of Johnson C. Smith University
In office
October 12, 1891 – March 6 1907
Preceded byRev. William F. Johnson
Succeeded byDr. Henry L. McCrorey
Personal details
BornDaniel Jackson Sanders
(1847-02-15)February 15, 1847
Winnsboro, South Carolina, U.S.
DiedMarch 6, 1907(1907-03-06) (aged 60)
Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.
Education
OccupationClergyman, newspaper publisher, educator
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Daniel Jackson Sanders (February 15, 1847 – March 6, 1907) was an American clergyman, academic administrator, and newspaper publisher. He served as president of Biddle University (now Johnson C. Smith University) in North Carolina for seventeen years, becoming one of most prominent Black educators in the South. He had various positions of importance with the Presbyterian Church of the United States and was considered the leading Black Presbyterian minister in the United States when he died. Sanders also established, edited, and published the Africo-American Presbyterian newspaper.