Bishop Daniel A. Payne, reformer and educator of the AME Church, was born on Feb. 24, (346 hits)

This Day in Black History: Feb. 24, 1811
Bishop Daniel A. Payne, reformer and educator of the AME Church, was born on Feb. 24, 1811.

Daniel Alexander Payne (February 24, 1811 – November 2, 1893) was an American bishop, educator, college administrator and author. A major shaper of the African Methodist Episcopal Church (A.M.E.), Payne stressed education and preparation of ministers and introduced more order in the church, becoming its sixth bishop and serving for more than four decades (1852–1893) as well as becoming one of the founders of Wilberforce University in Ohio in 1856. In 1863 the AME Church bought the college and chose Payne to lead it; he became the first African-American president of a college in the United States and served in that position until 1877.

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