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,
[1] excerpted parts which were subject to intense media scrutiny.
[2][3] Wright is a retired senior pastor of
Trinity United Church of Christ in
Chicago and former pastor of
President Obama.
[4] Obama denounced the statements in question, but critics continued to press the issue of his relationship with Wright. In response to this, he gave a speech titled "
A More Perfect Union", in which he sought to place Wright's comments in a historical and sociological context.