The former president is in Chicago this week to check on construction of his presidential center, set to open next June.

Video shows former President Barack Obama engaging with young readers during a Dec. 9 stop at the Chicago Public Library.

Former President Barack Obama surprised elementary students at a Chicago Public Library branch, reading to them and joking ...

Former President Barack Obama is in Chicago this week to review progress on the Obama Presidential Center, which is set to open in June. He stopped by the Bessie Coleman branch of the Chicago Public ...

Former President Barack Obama read to children at the Bessie Coleman Library Branch. He also talked to them about what they ...

On Dec. 9, Obama donned a Santa hat and visited the Bessie Coleman library in his former city. Students from Burke Elementary ...

The former president, 64, stopped by the Bessie Coleman branch of the Chicago Public Library to read to Burke Elementary ...

Former President Barack Obama was back in town to surprise elementary school students. The Baldwin Wallace University student ...

Students at the Bessie Coleman Library branch in the Woodlawn neighborhood got a surprise visit on Tuesday from former ...

Barack Obama surprises kids at a Chicago library, reads a book, and highlights plans for the new Obama Presidential Center opening in 2026.

WASHINGTON — Former President Barack Obama surprised Honor Flight veterans who were traveling to DC from Wisconsin over the weekend to pay tribute to their military service. Obama, 64, boarded the ...