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1941
Wright was born in Philadelphia, PA
1959-61
Wright attended Virginia Union University in Richmond
1961
Wright left college and joined the United States Marine Corps and became part of the 2nd Marine Division attaining the rank of private first class
1963
Wright joined the United States Navy
1966
As a Corpsman, Wright tended to President Lyndon Johnson
1967
Wright enrolled at Howard University in Washington, D.C.
1968
Wright earned a bachelor's degree from Howard University
1969
Wright earned master's degree in English from Howard University and thereafter a master's degree from the University of Chicago Divinity School
1972
Wright became pastor of the Trinity United Church of Christ, Chicago
Today
Pastor Emeritus, Trinity United Church of Christ, continued author, and family man who enjoys spending quality time with his wife, children, grandchildren, extended family and friends

Respected and Loved

April 30th, 2010

I was attacked recently in a blog by a Black man who attends church in Detroit where I was conducting a revival. Another member of that congregation saw the blog and wrote the following tribute to me in response to the attack.

Enjoy!

TRIBUTE TO REVEREND DR. JEREMIAH A. WRIGHT
FROM
DR. WILLIAM A. JACKSON

RESPECT and LOVE

Dr. Wright, you are Loved and Respected not because you are good-looking, but because you make people of all positions and persuasions, and even your enemies, take a good, long hard look in the mirror of their lives, their interactions, their service and their duties, and see ourselves as we and the world system(s) really are.

You are Respected and Loved not because you are light-skinned, but because you shine the light of truth on our thinking and our actions to show our waywardness and our self-deception, in addition to the deception and perfidy of those in positions of power and authority.

You gain the Respect and Love of all who hear you not because you have wavy hair, but because you help us to straighten out the kinky and convoluted thinking, myths and misperceptions going on beneath our weaves, wigs, waves and dreadlocks sitting atop our weary and worried heads!

I believe that even your Right-Wing brothers and sisters are listening to your analyses of the failure of politicians, officials, business leaders and government to truly serve and benefit the people, and without admitting it, they are responding to your truths in their own specific ways.

You are Respected and Loved not because you are haughty, high-minded, arrogant and unpatriotic, as some would contend, but because you go directly to the heart of both important spiritual and carnal matters and, unpretentiously and uncompromisingly, tell the Truth and the Whole Truth as God and the Holy Spirit lead you to see it.

This is why the masses of the people the world over Love and Respect you. And, this is why the devil, his demons, his denizens and his cowardly cohorts hate and attack you!

So keep the Faith. Continue to fight the good fight, stay in The Race and Finish the Course, and keep striving for the Prize and the Crown that Awaits at the End of Your Days.

In the meantime, “Keep So Busy” that “You Ain’t Got Time To Die!!!”
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What a way to end the week!

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