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Jeremiah Wright controversy

Index Jeremiah Wright controversy

The Jeremiah Wright controversy gained national attention in the United States, in March 2008 when ABC News, after reviewing dozens of U.S. Presidential candidate Barack Obama's pastor Jeremiah Wright's sermons, excerpted parts of his sermons about terrorist attacks on the United States and government dishonesty, which were subject to intense media scrutiny. [1]

28 relations: A More Perfect Union (speech), Barack Obama, Barack Obama presidential primary campaign, 2008, Barack Obama religion conspiracy theories, Black church, Black theology, Cory Booker, Gutter Tactics, Hillary Clinton presidential primary campaign, 2008, Hope (painting), Indiana Democratic primary, 2008, Jeremiah Wright, John McCain, John McCain presidential campaign, 2008, Leonard Peikoff, List of topics related to Barack Obama, List of United States Marines, Madelyn Dunham, Michael Pfleger, North Carolina Democratic primary, 2008, Otis Moss III, Religious affiliations of Presidents of the United States, Speeches of Barack Obama, Spencer Ackerman, Super Tuesday II, 2008, The Speech (book), Thomas Muthee, United States presidential election, 2008 timeline.

A More Perfect Union (speech)

"A More Perfect Union" is the name of a speech delivered by then Senator and President Barack Obama on March 18, 2008 in the course of the contest for the 2008 Democratic Party presidential nomination.

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Barack Obama

Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th President of the United States from January 20, 2009, to January 20, 2017.

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Barack Obama presidential primary campaign, 2008

On February 10, 2007, Barack Obama, then junior United States Senator from Illinois, announced his candidacy for the presidency of the United States in Springfield, Illinois.

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Barack Obama religion conspiracy theories

Allegations that Barack Obama secretly practices Islam, or that he is the antichrist of Christian eschatology, have been suggested since he campaigned for the U.S. Senate in 2004 and proliferated after his election as President of the U.S. in 2008.

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Black church

The term black church or African-American church refers to Protestant churches that currently or historically have ministered to predominantly black congregations in the United States.

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Black theology

Black theology, or Black liberation theology, refers to a theological perspective which originated among African American seminarians and scholars, and in some black churches in the United States and later in other parts of the world.

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Cory Booker

Cory Anthony Booker (born April 27, 1969) is an American politician currently serving as the junior United States Senator from New Jersey, in office since 2013.

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Gutter Tactics

Gutter Tactics is an album by alternative hip hop duo dälek, released by Ipecac Recordings in January 2009.

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Hillary Clinton presidential primary campaign, 2008

Hillary Clinton won many primaries, but lost the Democratic Party nomination to Barack Obama during the United States presidential election, 2008.

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Hope (painting)

Hope is a Symbolist oil painting by the English painter George Frederic Watts, who completed the first two versions in 1886.

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Indiana Democratic primary, 2008

The Indiana Democratic Presidential Primary took place on May 6, 2008.

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Jeremiah Wright

Jeremiah Alvesta Wright Jr. (called Jerry; born September 22, 1941) 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.

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John McCain

John Sidney McCain III (born August 29, 1936) is an American politician serving as the senior United States Senator from Arizona, a seat he was first elected to in 1986.

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John McCain presidential campaign, 2008

The 2008 presidential campaign of John McCain, the longtime senior U.S. Senator from Arizona, was launched with an informal announcement on February 28, 2007 during a live taping of the Late Show with David Letterman, and formally launched at an event on April 25, 2007.

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Leonard Peikoff

Leonard Sylvan Peikoff (born October 15, 1933) is a Canadian-American philosopher.

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List of topics related to Barack Obama

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List of United States Marines

The following is a list of people who served in the United States Marine Corps and have gained fame through previous or subsequent endeavors, infamy, or successes.

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Madelyn Dunham

Madelyn Lee Payne Dunham (October 26, 1922 – November 2, 2008) was the American maternal grandmother of Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States.

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Michael Pfleger

Michael Louis Pfleger (born May 22, 1949) is a Roman Catholic priest and a social activist in Chicago, Illinois.

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North Carolina Democratic primary, 2008

The 2008 Democratic presidential primary in North Carolina took place on May 6, 2008, one of the last primary elections in the long race for nomination between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.

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Otis Moss III

Otis Moss III (born 1971) is the pastor of Chicago's Trinity United Church of Christ.

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Religious affiliations of Presidents of the United States

The religious affiliations of Presidents of the United States can affect their electability, shape their stances on policy matters and their visions of society and also how they want to lead it.

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Speeches of Barack Obama

Barack Obama served as the 44th President of the United States from 2009 to 2017.

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Spencer Ackerman

Spencer Ackerman is an American national security reporter and blogger.

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Super Tuesday II, 2008

Super Tuesday II, 2008 is the name, for 4 March 2008, the day on which the second largest simultaneous number of state presidential primary elections was held for the 2008 presidential election cycle.

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The Speech (book)

The Speech: Race and Barack Obama's "A More Perfect Union" is a non-fiction book edited by T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting, author of several books on race and director of Vanderbilt University's African American and Diaspora Studies, concerning the "A More Perfect Union" speech of then-Senator Barack Obama.

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Thomas Muthee

Thomas Muthee (born c. 1955) is a Kenyan preacher and bishop.

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United States presidential election, 2008 timeline

The following is a timeline of major events leading up to and immediately following the United States presidential election of 2008.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremiah_Wright_controversy

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