Michelle Schultze, The Register-Herald, Beckley, W.Va. Jul. 20—Barack Obama turned to the Kankakee, Illinois, librarians when he kicked off an effort to push back against book bans earlier this week ...

A federal lawsuit reviewed by Newsweek alleges that a company involved in constructing the Obama Presidential Center subjected a Chicago-based Black American-owned subcontractor to "baseless criticism ...

Former President Obama was in the Windy City to check on the progress of the nearly finished Barack Obama Presidential Library. Former President Barack Obama made a holiday pop-up visit to a Chicago ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Illinois legislature is rushing through a bill that could improve Chicago's chances to win the Barack Obama Presidential Library and Museum, but it seems to be stalled in the ...

Former President Barack Obama surprised a group of elementary school students at a branch of the Chicago Public Library in the city's Woodlawn neighborhood Monday. The students, who ranged from ...

CHICAGO, May 12 (Reuters) - Barack Obama's presidential library and museum will be built in his hometown of Chicago, the Obama Foundation announced on Tuesday. Chicago beat out proposals by New York ...

A group of Chicago elementary school students had an unexpected visitor Tuesday when former President Barack Obama walked in wearing a Santa hat and sat down to read to them. The Burke Elementary ...

Is it wrong to commandeer space intended for public enjoyment to bolster a political legacy? That’s a question US President Barack Obama will soon answer when he and First Lady Michelle Obama announce ...

Former President Barack Obama surprised young students and read to them at the Bessie Coleman Library Branch in West Woodlawn, Chicago Tuesday. Trump rages that New York Times and others are ...