America's forgotten collapse into fascism

Banned Histories of Race in America

In 1917 Americans wanted peace, but Woodrow Wilson wanted a third term as President. He was unpopular and had barely won re-election. As a Democrat and a progressive, the idea of Wilson was appealing, but he’d broken a lot of promises that he never really intended on keeping. Black leaders W. E. B. Du Bois and Monroe Trotter had initially supported Wilson. He seemed to be the one candidate who could be pushed on matters of race, but Wilson’s immediate re-segregation of the Federal Government revealed the truth.