q. Once be became president, Woodrow Wilson, a progressive, was a vigorous opponent of racial segregation.

Question

---------------------False?
I know that Woodrow Wilson was a progressice but not sure if he was a vigorous opponent of racial segregation.

Answer 1

Read the section Wilson and Race.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodrow_Wilson
Wilson facilitated racial bias in the Federal Government, and even while he was at Princeton he had a policy negros need not apply.