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 ...

As the Barack Obama Foundation gears up to raise hundreds of millions of dollars to build the Obama presidential library in Chicago, its efforts are already being scrutinized by watchdog groups ...

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 ...

Fundraising by the nonprofit organization that will oversee President Obama’s future library is picking up speed, with up to $4.4-million pledged during the last months of 2014, reports the Associated ...