Obama And Rev. Wright
Key dates in the relationship between Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and the Rev. Jeremiah Wright.
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Wright becomes pastor of Chicago's Trinity United Church of Christ.
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Obama begins working as a community organizer in Chicago; meets Wright.
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Obama embraces Christianity after hearing a Wright sermon on hope.
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Obama joins Trinity United Church; Wright officiates at Obama's wedding.
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Obama decides not to have Wright deliver the invocation at the launch of his presidential campaign.
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Rolling Stone magazine publishes a profile of Obama that includes Wright using profanity to condemn American racism.
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ABC News airs a report on some of Wright's inflammatory remarks. Clips from his sermons begin circulating on TV and the Internet.
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Obama calls Wright's remarks "completely unacceptable and inexcusable;" says the reverend had stepped down from a campaign advisory committee.
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Obama delivers speech on race; criticizes Wright but says he can't "disown" him.
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Capping a media blitz after weeks of silence, Wright says criticism of his sermons amounts to criticism of black churches in general.
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Obama says he is "outraged" by Wright's "divisive and destructive" comments and their relationship has been permanently damaged.
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Barack Obama was again forced to distance himself from a controversial sermon given at his Chicago church, saying he was "deeply disappointed" to hear a priest mock Hillary Rodham Clinton's tears just before the New Hampshire primary. Obama supporter and Chicago activist the Rev. Michael Pfleger apologized for the sermon given Sunday, May 25 at Trinity United Church of Christ, during which he said Clinton cried in January because she felt "entitled" to the Democratic nomination and that a "black man is stealing my show."
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Obama resigns his 20 year membership at Trinity United Church of Christ. In a letter, Obama told Rev. Otis Moss III he made the "decision with sadness," noting it was the place he and wife Michelle were married and where the couple's children were baptized. "But as you know," wrote Obama, "our relations with Trinity have been strained by the divisive statement of Reverend Wright, which sharply conflicts with our own views."
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Credits:
CBS/AP
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