As a longtime leader of the Democratic Party and key member of Woodrow Wilson’s cabinet, Josephus Daniels was one of the most influential progressive politicians in the country, and as Secretary of the Navy during World War I, he became one of the most important men in the world. Before that, Daniels revolutionized the newspaper industry in the South, forever changing the relationship between politics and the news media. Author Lee A. Craig delves into Daniels’ extensive archive, including the proclaimed origins of the term “cup of Joe,” to inform his biography “Josephus Daniels: His Life and Times.”
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