Jeremiah Wright Interview: The Controversial Sermon's Impact on Obama's Campaign

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Pastor Jeremiah Wright recalls growing up with parents who were both ministers, attending college during the Civil Right Movement, joining the military, and finding his calling as a minister. Wright discusses his friendship with Barack Obama, him joining his congregation at the Trinity United Church of Christ, and the controversial sermon that made Obama distance himself and how their relationship changed.
Jeremiah Alvesta Wright Jr. is a pastor emeritus of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, a congregation he led for 36 years, during which its membership grew to over 8,000 parishioners. Following retirement, his beliefs and preaching were scrutinized when segments of his sermons about terrorist attacks on the United States and government dishonesty were publicized in connection with the 2008 presidential campaign of Barack Obama.
From the 2021 three-part HBO documentary series Obama: In Pursuit Of A More Perfect Union. The personal and political journey of President Barack Obama is explored that weaves together conversations with colleagues, friends, and critics, alongside his own speeches and interviews.
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Jeremiah Wright, Pastor, Trinity United Church Of Christ
Interviewed By: Peter Kunhardt
Interview Date: February 27, 2019
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@tp451 6 ай бұрын

Rev Wright, As a Chicago native who grew up on 95th and Cottage Grove, we thank you for all you have poured into our community! Our community owe you a debt of gratitude for enighting us with the word of God! Much love and respect to you sir, you stayed true to the word and to yourself! Can't control those who come up off your success, just smile and wish them all well as Jesus would! Much Love and Respect my man! A true soldier in the army of Christ! May God continue to bless and keep you in his grace!

@alisajackson1658 4 ай бұрын

I absolutely adore Dr. Jeremiah Wright, I went looking for truth telling, pure love of God, and anointed man to feed my soul in such a time as this. I listen to Dr. Evans daily but I missed hearing the voice of Dr Jeremiah Wright we love and miss you Sir!

@ingakarlsson3137 7 ай бұрын

Your legacy is excellent Mr. Jeremiah excellent God loves you

@meladams5295 3 ай бұрын

This interview was wonderful. I truly enjoyed it. I will send it to others to see and be enlightened. Dr. J. Wrights legacy will be a beautiful one, if I can help it. He's a sincere man of God. God will continue to bless and keep him. May God continue to shine His face upon Dr. Wight and give him His peace, love, joy, mercy, grace and improved health. Dr. Wright "Be healed Be delivered and Be set free!" ❤❤❤❤❤

@jerrybutler6757 6 ай бұрын

Jeremiah Wright is just bold enough to talk about issues that most avoid. He clearly makes valid points and his issues need to be recognized.

@daily_rhetoric 10 ай бұрын

I see I wasn’t the I my one thinking of him. He stayed all the way true to himself.

@wolflg Жыл бұрын

as a preacher you have to speak the truth, unsaid was as a politician I going to lie

@revavi 6 ай бұрын

How does this have only 30k views???

@malcolmjacksonsmillionaire3549 5 ай бұрын

This was a great interview. It should definitely more views.

@ItsPouring 5 ай бұрын

I don't know how exceptional or anointed I would have to believe myself to be or how utterly inflated my ego would have to get before I could feel comfortable or justified approaching another to request that they temporarily abandon their career, stop practicing their vocation or otherwise put their affairs on hold *for ME...* I am completely giving Obama the side-eye on that one *TOO!* During mass, there were several benedictions that the priest would recite that we, the congregation, would then respond to. Like brief prayers they are reminders to be loving. For example: *Benediction:* Peace be with *Response:* And also with you A single adjective like _"amazing"_ does not properly describe the wisdom and love communicated in Pastor Jeremiah Wright's benedictions: *Benediction:* Everybody your color *Response:* Ain't your kind *Benediction:* And everybody not your color *Response:* Is not your enemy In a world full of people being wildly rude and inappropriate (considering themselves "keeping it 100") or withholding (regarding themselves "diplomatic") I respect Pastor Wright's forthrightness in his answers. Thank you Pastor Wright for modeling truth and emotional integrity.

@moveforward4932 10 ай бұрын

Having heard from you has been a gift. No narrative played out of context can remain except to whom God pleases..i think it was for your safety that you were silenced and set apart. Your mentorship is engraved in the President Obama s heart. Your pain of human judgmentreflect the dpth ol love in reflecting God's will. Less one would have an idol in ones heart. To God be the glory. Peace ✌

@prometheus200 Ай бұрын

This hurts! This mans legacy time will polish well.

@moveforward4932 10 ай бұрын

Jeremiah Wright you are a spiritual father. Thank you. For sharing your essence and honor.

@ingakarlsson3137 7 ай бұрын

Love you I love you I love you I love you

@Corinthians6 3 ай бұрын

One of my 777 wake up calls was getting blasted in the back of the head without the chance to turn around, by an African American brother for trying to to tell a white brother about the Maafa, and how just because I cared about the black baby in the womb it made me the racist. We are all good friends now. Please keep up the good work journalist and Reverand

@davynj3 Жыл бұрын

Aaaammmmeeennnn!

@lindabean6710 9 ай бұрын

I was really enjoying this till I got toward the end. You're wrong, that's not how we were raised in my home. My father escaped communism and we were just trying to make ends meet, we face many tough times and my father died of cancer and the color of somebody's skin was last thing on our minds. This is pure example of projection.

@glorialynnjackson 8 ай бұрын

Glad that worked out for your family but everyone was not raised the same and that's reality

@dlee6014 6 ай бұрын

white guilt. this is what you're projecting, linda.

@berdellfleming5074 5 ай бұрын

Still that way in minds of many in our State. VA. We had no pool for Black Children when I grew up. My sister went around with a can trying to collect money to have them build us a pool. Many who call themselves Christians are Churchitians !

@imperialsplendor3112 3 ай бұрын

He said most not all. So you would fall under the minority of whom he is speaking of.