PrintJanuary 16, 2009
The KKK, Hollywood and President Wilson
A lack of experience can be misleading...Commander in Chief. Woodrow Wilson was President of Princeton University and a renowned intellectual. - TIME magazine's spin on Obama's thin record (March 10, 2008) There are some things you need to know about President Wilson's AmeriKKKa. 1. You need to know that Wilson was the first President to screen a movie at the White House. 1915's The Clansman - that is.President Wilson's film contributor/author friend, Thomas Dixon, contacted him, about screening The Clansman (also known as The Birth of a Nation). It pays to know racists. Soon after, the first film was screening at the White House. Wilson and Dixon were social friends at John Hopkins University. And, they were also professional networkers. Wilson, for example, introduced, Dixon to the Baltimore Mirror's editor, where new writing opportunities were opening up. It is hard to discuss The Clansman by Dixon, without mentioning Wilson, although leftwing writers seem to be very...(Read Full Article)
