Sunday Morning Mashup Special of BILL MOYERS JOURNAL:
REVEREND JEREMIAH WRIGHT
April 25, 2008

Reverend Jeremiah Wright appeared on Bill Moyers Journal to talk about his upbringing, military career, rise to become the voice of his church and the controversy over his sermons.

During the program, Wright spoke about how he sees the positive in the negative press.

"In response to the sound bytes, in response to the snippets, in Philadelphia Senator Obama made a very powerful speech in terms of our need as a nation to address the whole issue of race. That's something good that's already starting. That because of you guys playing these sound bytes now what's getting ready to happen as something very positive, and something very powerful that God can take what you meant to try to hurt somebody to help the nation come to grips with truth. To help a nation come to grips with miseducation. To help a nation come to grips with things we don't like to talk about. To help a nation--"

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Reverend Jeremiah Wright also told PBS host Bill Moyers that the news media twisted excerpts from his sermons by using only sound bites to describe the message that Rev. Wright was trying to communicate in his sermons.

Bill Moyers added that the sound bites that were circulated, were "very brief".

On March 13, 2008, ABC World News covered the controversial sermons using various sound bites.

Yesterday, ABC posted longer video clips of Rev. Jeremiah Wright's sermons in order to put the previously used sound bites in fuller context.

NAME: Rev. Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr. BORN: September 22, 1941 (Age 66)

POSITION AS OF April 25, 2008: Retired POSITIONS HELD: Pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, IL

ADDITIONAL INFO: Served in the U.S. Marine Corps. and as a cardiopulmonary technician in the U.S. Navy Received undergraduate and Master's degrees from Howard University Has a second Master's degree from University of Chicago Divinity School Has a Doctorate from United Theological Seminary SOURCES: Trinity United Church of Christ Website

BOOKS BY GUEST:

What Makes You So Strong?: Sermons of Joy and Strength from Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr.
Good News!: Sermons of Hope for Today's Families
What Can Happen When We Pray: A Daily Devotional
The pilgrimage of a pastor: The autobiography of Jeremiah A. Wright, Sr

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