This is Hear Me Out. I'm Celeste Hedley. Yesterday was President's Day and in early February, political historians marked the 100th anniversary of the death of Woodrow Wilson.

So, let's talk about Wilson. If Wilson's name brings anything to mind

for most of Americans it's probably the 14 points. It's a speech you might have had to study

in high school history. In that speech he outlined his vision for

accomplishing world peace. He believed his vision would stop World War I. It didn't.

Wilson's colleagues in the Allied powers rejected Wilson's idealism.

But Woodrow Wilson was a man of many ideas.

Some of them worked and changed the face of American government, probably for the better.

But he's now largely reviled as a racist by liberals and a

tyrant by conservatives. So on this 100th anniversary of his death is it time to

reassess Woodrow Wilson?

If you graduated in college within the past dozen years,

here's a bunch of things you do not know.

And your parents and grandparents thought these things were important,

and they were right.

David From of the Atlantic joins us in just a moment.

Stay with us.

Welcome back to Hear Me Out.

I'm Celeste Hedley.

American citizenship is one of the very basic requirements you must meet in order to become president.

The earliest presidents like Washington became citizens when the Constitution was ratified.

A small handful since then have been born to mixed citizenship parents.

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