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Nov 20, 2015 · He was a racist by current standards, and he was a racist by the standards of the 1910s, a period widely acknowledged by historians as the “nadir” of post–Civil War race relations in the United...
Several historians have spotlighted examples in the public record of Wilson's racist policies and political appointments, such as the segregationists in his Cabinet.
Oct 27, 2020 · His racial segregation order “came swiftly and suddenly, taking Black Americans by surprise,” the researchers wrote. Wilson imposed segregation in his Cabinet departments, and appointed Southern Democrats, who were likely in favor of segregationist policies, to lead them.
Jul 14, 2020 · How Woodrow Wilson Tried to Reverse Black American Progress. By promoting the Ku Klux Klan and overseeing segregation of the federal workforce, the 28th president helped erase gains African ...
Nov 27, 2015 · The Virginia native was racist, a trait largely overshadowed by his works as Princeton’s president, as New Jersey’s governor, and, most notably, as the 28th president of the United States. As...
Feb 2, 2024 · Uncancel Woodrow Wilson. Despised as a racist by today’s left and a tyrant by today’s right, the 28th president championed a set of values that our politics sorely lack. By David Frum ...
Jun 30, 2020 · Wilson was undoubtedly a racist —even by the standards of his time. His administration resegregated several federal agencies; he wrote sympathetically about the Ku Klux Klan; and he described...
