Barack H Obama Presidential Library

After a year of searching for the location for the Barack H Obama Presidential Library a site has been selected. Jackson Park in Chicago, IL will be the host of the library. Here are a round-up of articles discussing this matter

• A Very, Very Brief History of the Obama Library Site Selection-Chicago Mag, July 27, 2016

• Obama library site once home to World’s Columbian Exposition greenhouse-Chicago Tribune, July 29, 2016

• Obama library boosters: Jackson Park choice won’t leave Washington Park in dust-Chicago Tribune, August 3, 2016

• Obama’s library set for Chicago’s Jackson Park-Reuter’s Video, August 3, 2016

Push for Marcus Garvey Pardon Intensifies

Article by Jamaal Abdul-Alim in Diverse Issues in Higher Education, August 17, 2016

The longstanding effort to clear the name of Marcus Garvey — the pioneering Pan-Africanist credited with starting the largest black nationalist movement in history — got a jolt of new energy Wednesday as the iconic Black leader’s son, a law professor and a contingent of civil rights personages called on President Barack Obama to grant Garvey a posthumous pardon.

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