"But not since Woodrow Wilson showed 'Birth of a Nation' in the White House has an American president been so flagrant in his racial messaging as this one. Today, ...

Originally distributed as “The Clansman,” “The Birth of a Nation,” under the patronage of Woodrow Wilson, became the first movie to be shown at the White House.

In March, 1915, under President Woodrow Wilson, “The Birth of a Nation” became the first film to be screened at the White House. Set mostly in South Carolina, ...

On Feb. 18, 1915, President Wilson held a private screening of “The Birth of a Nation” in the White House. It was the first such event, if you don’t count the White House lawn screening of ...

On this day in 1915, “The Birth of a Nation,” a controversial silent film, ... Under President Woodrow Wilson, it was the first motion picture to be shown at the White House.

D.W. Griffith’s 1915 silent feature “The Birth of a Nation” is a landmark of ... it is considered a groundbreaking use of cinema — Woodrow Wilson reportedly called called it “history ...

In 1915, black journalist Monroe Trotter tried to get D.W. Griffith’s troubling film banned in Boston, igniting a furious debate over racism, censorship, and free expression.

President Woodrow Wilson, ... The July 9 Retropolis column “How ‘The Birth of a Nation’ revived the KKK in 1915” [Metro] was right on target.

WASHINGTON — In 1915, Woodrow Wilson gathered a small crowd in the East Room of the White House to show “The Birth of a Nation,” a film celebrating the Ku Klux Klan.

"Woodrow Wilson: The Light Withdrawn ... how the president used the White House to host the first major East Coast screening of the pro-Ku Klux Klan epic film Birth of a Nation, based on a novel ...

In his lifetime, Woodrow Wilson (1856 to 1924) bore witness to some of the most tumultuous times in American history. The Civil War raged during his childhood; as the nation’s 28 th president ...