Why is the University of Chicago blocking access to the Chicago Annenberg Challenge?
See this interesting article by Stanley Kurtz in National Review Online: Stanley Kurtz on Barack Obama, Bill Ayers & Chicago Annenberg Challenge on National Review Online “When Obama made his first run for political office, articles in both the Chicago Defender and the Hyde Park Herald featured among his qualifications his position as chairman of the board of the Chicago Annenberg Challenge, a foundation where Ayers was a founder and guiding force.” Kurtz was granted permission to review much of the exhibit: “The records in question are extensive, consisting of 132 boxes, containing 947 file folders, a total of about 70 linear feet of material.” But he hit a snag along the way: “The Special Collections section of the Richard J. Daley Library agreed to let me read them, but just before I boarded my flight to Chicago, the top library officials mysteriously intervened to bar access. Circumstances strongly suggest the likelihood that Bill Ayers himself may have played a pivotal role in thi
