Julian Carr also played an essential role in bolstering white supremacy in North Carolina during the era of Jim Crow . He publicly endorsed the Ku Klux Klan , argued that African Americans should not be allowed to vote , and promoted racial unrest and turmoil in the late 19th century to defeat an interracial " Fusion " political party . Carr promoted his racial views through the News & Observer newspaper , which he bought , setting up white supremacist Josephus Daniels as its Editor . He celebrated the Wilmington Massacre of 1898 , in which an elected government was overthrown by force ( the only such incident in American history ) , and where at least 60 black North Carolinians were murdered . In numerous speeches , he suggested that African Americans were better off enslaved and celebrated violence , even lynching , against black citizens
Wilmington Massacre of 1898
Wilmington insurrection of 1898
Julian Carr (industrialist)