Americans celebrate Juneteenth as Obama’s presidential center opens in Chicago (opens in new tab)

As people gather across the U.S. to celebrate is opening its doors to the general public for the first time. Located on a sprawling campus on Chicago’s South Side, the center honoring the nation’s first Black president has been designed to inspire people to make the change they want to see in their own communities. It’s the kind of contemplation that also comes as Americans which celebrates the end of slavery in the U.S. The holiday marks June 19, 1865, when Union troops arrived in Galveston,...