@washingtonpost: For the 44th president’s center, the Obamas chose a site in Chicago’s Jackson Park, on land that was used in 1893 to host the World’s Columbian Exposition, a giant world’s fair that did not allow African Americans to mount exhibitions or celebrate their contribution to American life. For its architects, the challenge was to make a building that was grand enough to satisfy visitors who would expect some kind of monument honoring the nation’s first Black president, without becoming overbearing. Read more from The Washington Post at the link in our bio. #politics #news #obama #chicago #president

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