Woodrow Wilson's long shadow

By Todd Leopold, CNN

Updated 7:14 AM EDT, Mon October 28, 2013

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Woodrow Wilson established many federal institutions we take for granted
He had fast rise -- from Princeton head to N.J. governor to 28th President
Wilson's opinions on race and speech suppression have hurt reputation
Author A. Scott Berg set out to write "genuinely personal biography"

Author A. Scott Berg spent more than a decade on his Wilson biography.

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