Made in Chicago
What do Pope Leo XIV, Barack Obama, and Michael Jordan have in common? They all hail from Chicago.
Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope and the first Black pope since the Fifth Century, was born in Chicago.
President Barack Obama, the nation’s first Black president, was born in Hawaii, but he lived much of his life in Chicago, except when he was running the country from Washington.
Michael Jordan, the NBA superstar, won six NBA championships for Chicago when he led the Chicago Bulls.
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