Jeremiah Wright is one of the greatest prophetic preachers that black …

Michael Eric Dyson
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Jeremiah Wright is one of the greatest prophetic preachers that black America has produced. What I find striking is that many white brothers and sisters miss the fact that there would be no black church if the white church wasn't political and racist in refusing to worship with us. ✨ Professor checks out new landscape 'after King'. Interview with Arienne Thompson, www.usatoday.com. April 3, 2008.
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