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Obama wants a public library inside his presidential center in Chicago

By Anna Giaritelli
Published May 3, 2018 6:08pm ET
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Obama wants a public library inside his presidential center in Chicago
Former President Barack Obama speaks at a community event on the Presidential Center at the South Shore Cultural Center, Wednesday, May 3, 2017, in Chicago. The Obama Foundation unveiled plans for the former president's lakefront presidential center, showcasing renderings and a model at an event where former President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama were expected to give more details. | (Nam Y. Huh/AP)

Former President Barack Obama is pushing to include a new public library inside the Obama Presidential Center that he hopes to build in Chicago’s South Side.

Democratic Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Obama’s former White House chief of staff, announced Wednesday the Chicago Public Library system will debut a new space inside Obama’s 200-foot structure in 2021.

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