May 12, 2009
Today, on Tuesday, May 12, 2009, the President signed into law:
H.R. 586, the "Civil Rights History Project Act of 2009," which requires the Library of Congress and the Smithsonian Institution to establish an oral history project related to the Civil Rights movement.
To view a picture of the President signing the Civil Rights History Project Act in the Oval Office today click HERE.
Barack Obama, Statement by the Press Secretary on H.R. 586 Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/289718