"I think one of the things the church service means is hope."

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Source: Interview with Bill Moyers, www.pbs.org. April 25, 2008.

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Jeremiah Wright

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Jeremiah Wright is a prominent pastor and activist known for his powerful sermons that address social justice and racial inequality.

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"White folk done took this country. You're in their home, and they're gonna let you know it.You are not now, nor have you ever been, nor will you ever be a brother to white folk and if you do not realize that, you are in serious trouble."

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"Them Jews aren't going to let (Obama) talk to me. I told my baby daughter, that he'll talk to me in five years when he's a lame duck, or in eight years when he's out of office. ...They will not let him talk to somebody who calls a spade what it is."

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"Jesus was a poor, black man who lived in a country and who lived in a culture that was controlled by rich white people. The Romans were Italian - which means they were Europeans, which means they were white - and the Romans ran everything in Jesus' country."

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