… I’d reclaim my Josephus Daniels statue from Nash Square and put him on my own property alongside a statue of Jonathan Daniels, the son who tried to redress his father’s wrongs by making the newspaper a liberal champion. (Until it was sold to McClathchy and decided bland was better.) If I were to dust […]

Josephus Daniels
Old Josephus Daniels, editor and publisher of The News & Observer from 1894-1948, was a rabid racist. He helped lead the forces that restored white Democrats to power in North Carolina, and installed Jim Crow, after the post-Civil War period of Republican-led Reconstruction and integration. His statue now stands in front of the N&O […]