The Speech on Race
Obama was widely praised for his memorable March 2008 speech in Philadelphia, which addressed incendiary comments by his long-time pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, and racism in America and within his own family.

Obama was widely praised for his memorable March 2008 speech in Philadelphia, which addressed incendiary comments by his long-time pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, and racism in America and within his own family.
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