Jeff Bezos gives $100 million to the Obama Foundation.

By artappraiser on Tue, 11/23/2021 - 4:12am |

Jeff Bezos is donating $100 million to Barack Obama’s private foundation — its largest gift yet. In return for the donation, Bezos asked that a plaza at the Obama Presidential Center be named for the late civil rights leader John Lewis. https://t.co/WcnMQJ8787
— The New York Times (@nytimes) November 22, 2021

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CNN puts more stress on the John Lewis link:

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is donating $100 million to the Obama Foundation in honor of Congressman John Lewis, a hero of the US civil rights movement of the 1960s who died last year, the foundation said on Monday. https://t.co/6JdBQA6hnM
— CNN (@CNN) November 22, 2021