“Woodrow Wilson, was a much darker figure than history acknowleges”
I’ve only heard it mentioned a couple of times in documentaries,
but I was suprised to hear about Wilson having a screening of D.W. Griffith’s
in the White House”Birth Of A Nation” in which the KKK are portrayed
as noble warriors defending the country against demonic black Americans.
Although it is reported that Wilson later disavowed approval of
the film’s topic, it is suprising he even allowed it to screened
in “the people’s house”.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Birth_of_a_Nation
I always have found it interesting how historians glossed over Wilson's racism. He also was no friend to women, either. He adamantly opposed voting rights for women until it became politically useless to do so.