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Barack obama called for an end to the 'racial stalemate' that he said the US had been locked in for years as he sought to stem the fallout from divisive comments made by his African-american pastor

Obama tells ABC News that portrayal of Rev. Wright has been 'a caricature.'

Why obama's place of worship looks so different to different people.

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack obama on Tuesday criticized his preacher's racially charged sermons but said he could not disown him in a speech urging Americans to move past their 'racial stalemate.'

Barack obama tried to stem damage from divisive comments delivered by his pastor, while bluntly addressing anger between blacks and whites in the most racially pointed speech yet of his presidential campaign.

Barack obama confronted the nation's race issue head-on, tackling both black grievance and white resentment in a bold effort to quiet a campaign uproar over race and his former pastor's incendiary statements.

On the Rev. Wright flap: obama asserts that the race issue is complex. Remarkable speech - but smart political strategy?

Eugene Robinson, columnist for the Washington Post, and Joe Klein, columnist for Time magazine, talk about whether Barack obama's speech on race adequately address controversy over remarks by his former pastor.

The Illinois Democrat reiterates his denunciation of remarks by his former pastor but says of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright: 'I can no more disown him than I can disown the black community.'

Sen. Barack obama, who has mostly avoided focusing on race during his campaign, is delivering a major speech on the issue Tuesday after spending the weekend on the defensive over racially charged statements from his former minister.