Quote :

"building is named after Josephus Daniels (1862-1948), editor of the Raleigh News and Observer."

http://www.ncsu.edu/facilities/buildings/daniels.html

Quote :

"Daniels and other Democrats launched a "White Supremacy" campaign to appeal to racist sentiment. That led to Democratic victories in 1898 and 1900 and to the disfranchisement of African Americans. On December 15, 2005, the 1898 Wilmington Race Riot Commission noted in its draft report that Daniels' involvement in the overthrow of the elected city government of Wilmington, NC, by actively promoting white supremacy in The News and Observer was so significant that he has been referred to as the "precipitator of the riot.""

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephus_Daniels

NCSU building named after a racist, guess I shouldn't be too surprised!

2/23/2008 12:02:00 PM

this used to be (and still is to some degree) a fucked up society...
I'm not too terribly surprised

2/23/2008 12:03:51 PM

2/23/2008 12:04:46 PM