THE AUDACITY OF TRUTH - OBAMA'S CIRCLE OF FRIENDS
THE AUDACITY OF TRUTH - BLACK LIBERATION THEOLOGY AND OBAMA'S CHURCH
Posted on 04/20/2008 8:44:33 AM PDT by markomalley
In his speech on race, Sen. Barack Obama tried to explain away his longtime minister's denunciations of America by saying that for blacks of his generation, memories of "humiliation and doubt and fear have not gone away." But an examination by Newsmax.com of the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr.'s background reveals that Obama's characterization of his former pastor's upbringing is mythology. Described by Obama as his sounding board and mentor for more than two decades, Wright was born in Philadelphia in 1941. He lived in a racially mixed section called Germantown, which consisted of homes on broad tree-lined streets in northwest Philadelphia. The owners then were middle-class families. For 62 years, Wright's father, the Rev. Jeremiah Alvesta Wright, was pastor at Grace Baptist Church of Germantown. He was one of the first blacks to receive a degree from the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Philadelphia. Wright's mother, Mary Elizabeth Henderson Wright, was a schoolteacher. She was the first black to teach an academic subject at Roosevelt Junior High, the first to teach at Germantown High, and the first to teach at the Philadelphia High School for Girls. She became vice principal of Girls High in 1968. Rather than attend the more racially mixed Germantown High School at 40 East High St., Wright traveled a few miles to the elite Central High School at 1700 West Olney Ave., graduating in 1959. Opened in 1838, Central High has a distinguished past and admits only highly qualified applicants who are privileged to attend from all over the city. It is comparable to the Bronx High School of Science and Boston Latin School, both public schools known for academic excellence.
(Excerpt) Read more at pittsburghlive.com ...
Ya know, when these MSM outlets republish articles, I sure wish they'd keep the same title as the original!
Bookmark for later
He apparently had more economic security than I did growing up. Why so bitter? Oops, there’s that word again.
This is the era of the great black whiners.
Yeah, he really had it tough, didn’t he?
/s
I missed it last week.
Poor guy. Soooooo oppressed. No wonder he hates this country and white people so much.
Pray tell how he’s going to enjoy ‘retirement’ in his million-dollar-mansion in a gated neighborhood - surrounded by (GASP!) the very people he hates.
I feel so sorry for him.
[/s - but you knew that already]
I went to Roosevelt JHS.
Turns out Obama and his preacher are liars and race hustlers. In Obama’s case a new and improved race hustler. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton can only can they were this slick and edu-macated
Obama— The race hustler with a Harvard degree
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.