Here’s how to watch Barack Obama’s speech in Boston
Former President Barack Obama is returning to Boston — the city where he began his historic political ascent — on Sunday for his first high-profile speech since leaving the White House.
Obama is in town to accept the John F. Kennedy Library’s annual Profile in Courage Award. The institution announced in March they were giving Obama the award for “his enduring commitment to democratic ideals and elevating the standard of political courage in a new century.”
The honorary ceremony Sunday is expected to begin at 8:30 p.m. and includes a performance by Boston-born musician James Taylor. The event will be streamed on the JFK Library’s website, as well as via Facebook Live below.
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Former U.S. ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy and her son Jack Schlossberg are expected to present the award to Obama, who will also deliver one of his first public post-presidency speeches.
According to the JFK Library’s website, the Profile in Courage award is given “a public official (or officials) at the federal, state or local level whose actions demonstrate the qualities of politically courageous leadership in the spirit of Profiles in Courage, President Kennedy’s 1957 Pulitzer prize-winning book, which recounts the stories of eight U.S. Senators who risked their careers by embracing unpopular positions for the greater good.”
Past winners include Sen. John McCain, Rep. John Lewis, Ukrainian politician Viktor Yushchenko, and former President George H.W. Bush.
