Jeremiah Wright

Jeremiah Wright is a pastor emeritus of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago. Following retirement, his beliefs and preaching were scrutinized when segments of his sermons about terrorist attacks on the United States and government dishonesty were publicized in connection with the 2008 presidential campaign of Barack Obama. Wright served in the United States Marine Corps and in the United States Navy, as a Hospital Corpsman and cardiopulmonary technician. He was assigned as part of the medical team charged with caring for President Lyndon B. Johnson during his 1966 surgery.