Timeline of Barack Obama's relationship with Jeremiah Wright
Key dates in the relationship between Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and the Rev. Jeremiah Wright:
1972 — Wright becomes pastor of Chicago's Trinity United Church of Christ.
1985 — Obama begins working as a community organizer in Chicago; meets Wright.
1988 — Obama embraces Christianity after hearing a Wright sermon on hope.
1992 — Obama joins Trinity United Church; Wright officiates at Obama's wedding.
Feb. 10, 2007 — Obama decides not to have Wright deliver the invocation at the launch of his presidential campaign.
Feb. 22, 2007 — Rolling Stone magazine publishes a profile of Obama that includes Wright using profanity to condemn American racism.
March 13, 2008 — ABC News airs a report on some of Wright's inflammatory remarks. Clips from his sermons begin circulating on TV and the Internet.
March 14, 2008 — Obama calls Wright's remarks "completely unacceptable and inexcusable;" says the reverend had stepped down from a campaign advisory committee.
March 18, 2008 — Obama delivers speech on race; criticizes Wright but says he can't "disown" him.
April 28, 2008 — Capping a media blitz after weeks of silence, Wright says criticism of his sermons amounts to criticism of black churches in general.
April 29, 2008 — Obama says he is "outraged" by Wright's "divisive and destructive" comments and their relationship has been permanently damaged.
