Documents The 1915 Controversy Over The Film Birth Of A Nation Framed By The Legal And Public Conflict Between Journalist Monroe Trotter And Filmmaker D.w. Griffith. Prologue: Jan 2, 1915 -- Part I. Fathers And Sons -- The Legacy -- Fathers And Sons: The Trotters -- Fathers And Sons: The Griffiths -- The Awakening: 1896-1903 -- Character Work: 1896-1907 -- Part Ii. Finding Their Voices -- Trotterism: 1903-1908 -- The Apprenticeship: 1908-1913 -- Fame Rising, Falling, Circa 1913 -- Part Ii. A Birth Of A Nation -- 1914 -- The Wilson White House -- Trotter Rides The Rails -- Part Iv. 1915 -- Curley's Our Man, Or Not? -- Bringing Down The House -- We'll Hang Tom Dixon -- Part V. Victory & Defeat -- Victory At Hand -- The Curtain Falls -- Epilogue. Dick Lehr. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.