| Daniel J. Sanders | |
| Birth Name: | Daniel Jackson Sanders |
| Birth Date: | 15 February 1847 |
| Birth Place: | Winnsboro, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Occupation: | Clergyman, newspaper publisher, educator |
| Signature: | Signature of Daniel Jackson Sanders.png |
| Office: | President of Johnson C. Smith University |
| Term Start: | 1891 |
| Term End: | 1907[1] |
Daniel Jackson Sanders (February 15, 1847 – March 6, 1907) was an American Presbyterian clergyman, educator, and newspaper publisher. He served as president of Biddle University (now 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.[2] [3]
Sanders was born a slave in Winnsboro, South Carolina on February 15, 1847.[4] [5] Sanders attended Brainerd Institute and was a tutor at the school. He then graduated from Western Theological Seminary.
He published the Africo-American Presbyterian newspaper,[6] and served as president of Biddle University (now Johnson C. Smith University) for 17 years. Upon his death The Charlotte Observer reported that his students had always been "well-behaved".