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The Obama Presidential Center opens in Chicago with a vibrant ceremony celebrating history, community, and the legacy of Barack Obama, America’s first Black president.

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The Obama Presidential Center held a star-studded grand opening in Chicago on Thursday. CBS News Chicago's Irika Sargent joins with highlights of the ceremony.

Former President Barack Obama formally opened his presidential center in Chicago on Thursday with a call to defend democracy as three former presidents joined him on stage in an extraordinary event featuring politicians,

The center is an attempt to make permanent a presidential legacy that has been in flux throughout Obama’s years in national politics – and especially in the decade since he left office, as President Donald Trump has been determined to tear it down.

The dedication of the Obama Presidential Center on Thursday was 10 years in the making, and a rare day with all the surviving former presidents and their spouses together and Chicago’s powerful rubbing elbows with the world.

At the opening celebration of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago on Thursday, former first lady Michelle Obama touted the accomplishments of her husband, President Barack Obama. Read the entire transcript of her speech below.