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February 24, 2026

A.M.E. Bishop Daniel Payne, first Black president of a Black college (Wilberforce), is born on this date in 1811 in Charleston, SC.

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POSTED: November 16, 2008, 5:53 am

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NStv DC video correspondent Jamal Spratley explores the meaning of change with the election of Barack Obama.

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