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by Katti Gray onJanuary 13, 2012
Author Jodi Kantor explores the first couple's evolving partnership in her book, The Obamas.
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November 9, 2010
Newly elected GOP congressman Allen West, an Iraq War veteran, feels that he fought in a just war. But some other prominent black vets don't exactly feel the same way about that conflict.
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by The Buzz onOctober 6, 2010
There is a long history of black church leaders who have found themselves in the middle of controversy, from Creflo Dollar to Jeremiah Wright.
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by Jack White onJuly 3, 2010
What would Frederick Douglass have to say about being black and American today?
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by Arlene McKanic onMay 28, 2010
The writer discusses her new novel and play, her controversial father and the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, and her thoughts on Obama.
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by Chana Garcia onMarch 15, 2010
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June 12, 2009
Since blaming Black people wasn't really an option, the reverend went with the next best thing...
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June 2, 2009
NEWSWEEK alumnus Richard Wolffe flags his juicy new book from the campaign trail: "Renegade: The Making of a President," with an excerpt at the DAILY BEAST. He recounts a secret meeting in Chicago with the president's former pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, at the height of the furor surrounding a series of sermons Wright delivered at Trinity United Church in Chicago:
Obama’s aides feared the worst from Wright’s return...
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by Joe R. Hicks onJanuary 7, 2009
Black liberation theology is not as common to the black church tradition as some of Wright's defenders would have us believe.
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by Michael Dawson onJanuary 6, 2009
Among black Americans, Jeremiah Wright may not be that far out of the mainstream.
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