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Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Martin Nesbitt, left, chairman of the Obama Foundation, announce on May 12, 2015, that Chicago will be the home of Obama's presidential library and museum.

Activists plan demonstration outside Obama Presidential Center meeting

May 23, 2019 at 3:11 a.m.

A group of South Side activists and residents who live near the site of the planned Obama Presidential Center will camp out ahead of the Obama Foundation's first public meeting...

Former President Barack Obama delivers a speech July 1, 2017, in Jakarta, Indonesia. Starting next month, the Obama Foundation will begin a series of one-day training sessions and also will host a summit aimed at promoting civic engagement among students and young adults, officials said on Sept. 12, 2017.

Obama Foundation sets summit to promote civic engagement

May 23, 2019 at 3:11 a.m.

Starting next month, the Obama Foundation will begin a series of one-day training sessions and also will host a summit aimed at promoting civic engagement among students and young adults,...

Homeless, activists shut down part of Lake Shore Drive during morning commute

May 22, 2019 at 11:54 p.m.

Activists and some homeless residents who live in tents under crumbling viaducts in the Uptown neighborhood briefly shut down traffic Thursday on inbound Lake Shore Drive to protest an upcoming...

Seeking community feedback on presidential center, Obama Foundation will host a public meeting

May 23, 2019 at 3:11 a.m.

The Obama Foundation will host a public meeting in the South Loop next week to gather feedback from residents on the development of the Obama Presidential Center, officials announced on...

Wheeler Parker Jr., left, and Simeon Wright, surviving relatives of Emmett Till, are interviewed in Summit, Ill., on Aug. 27, 2014.

Simeon Wright, cousin who was with Emmett Till the night Till was kidnapped, dies

August 7, 2019 at 11:21 p.m.

Simeon Wright, the cousin of Emmett Till who was in bed with the boy on the night he was kidnapped and later murdered, died Monday morning at his home in...

Rebranding the South Side: Obama Foundation uses social media push to counter stereotypes

May 23, 2019 at 3:11 a.m.

It's only a 58-second video, but for Jahmal Cole, it was a chance to change some minds. So in the short clip now circulating on social media, Cole boasts about...

Former President Barack Obama speaks about civic engagement at the Logan Center for the Arts on the University of Chicago campus on April 24, 2017.

Obama Foundation sets hiring goals for 4 finalists vying for Jackson Park project

May 23, 2019 at 3:11 a.m.

The Obama Foundation on Wednesday said it has selected four finalists to manage construction of the Obama Presidential Center and also laid out ambitious hiring goals for the firms. Community...

Former U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan will co-chair a new organization created to ensure the Obama Presidential Center will benefit neighborhoods around the facility.

Arne Duncan named co-chair of effort to make sure neighborhoods benefit from Obama Center

May 23, 2019 at 3:11 a.m.

A new community economic development organization has been created to help ensure that neighborhoods around the Obama Presidential Center will benefit from the construction and opening of the facility, officials...

Homeless advocacy group seeks to stop eviction of Uptown tent city

May 22, 2019 at 11:52 p.m.

A housing advocacy group is asking a federal judge to halt a construction project that it says would displace dozens of homeless residents living in tents under crumbling viaducts in...

New lane on Lake Shore Drive and parking garage proposed for Obama center

May 23, 2019 at 3:11 a.m.

Hoping to ease concerns about plans to close Cornell Drive at the site of the proposed Obama Presidential Library, the Chicago Department of Transportation wants to add a lane to...

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