As president, Wilson confronted a new generation of African American leaders who had begun to challenge their more conservative elders — and the expectations and assumptions of much of white America.

Before Woodrow Wilson became the standard bearer for the Democratic Party, that honor belonged to William Jennings Bryan.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The funeral of former U.S. President Woodrow Wilson in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 6, 1924. Universal Images Group via Getty Images ...

Imagine American democracy as a mountain lake, its waters held back by an earthen dam of legal, constitutional and cultural restraints. Periodically, the dam’s sluiceways become clogged by entrenched ...

David Frum, in a recent column for The Atlantic, called for the “uncanceling” of Woodrow Wilson. Decrying that both sides of the American political divide don’t hold the 28th President of the United ...

My introduction to Woodrow Wilson. -- Woodrow Wilson administers the war. -- An unhappy interlude. -- Woodrow Wilson declares American ideals as the basis of peace. -- Woodrow Wilson lays down the ...