Why do we have presidential libraries in the United States? That's a good question. On June 30, 1941, President Franklin Roosevelt presided over the dedication of his presidential library in Hyde Park ...

The first facility at the Obama Presidential Center opened its doors, giving the public its first look at the controversial library. Home Court is a 60,000 square-foot structure that features the same ...

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 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 ...

Former President Barack Obama will take part in a ceremonial groundbreaking for his presidential library on Tuesday, Sept. 28. According to the Chicago Tribune, Barack and Michelle Obama will be ...

Bronzeville, the historic African-American community on Chicago’s South Side, is where the stories of writers and musicians through the ages — including Richard Wright, Louis Armstrong, Lorraine ...

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel proposed an ordinance Wednesday that would allow the city to acquire park property for the future Obama presidential library, Reuters reports. The measure would permit the ...