According to Daniels in his autobiography , " The '' News and Observer '' was relied upon to carry the Democratic message and to be the militant voice of White Supremacy , and it did not fail in what was expected . " In the Findings of the Wilmington Race Riot Commission , Daniels is the only name mentioned as a cause of the Wilmington insurrection of 1898 , According to historian Helen Edmonds , the paper " led in a campaign of prejudice , bitterness , vilification , misrepresentation , and exaggeration to influence the emotions of the whites against the Negro . " The result was the only successful '' coup d'état '' in American history , the overthrow of an elected government by force
Wilmington insurrection of 1898
Wilmington insurrection of 1898
Josephus Daniels