Columbia University to produce Obama presidency oral history

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Updated 4:03 pm CDT, Thursday, May 16, 2019



CHICAGO (AP) — Columbia University Libraries in New York will produce the official oral history of Barack Obama's presidency.

Obama Foundation officials announced Thursday that the project at The Columbia Center for Oral History Research will provide a record of the decisions, actions and effects of Obama's presidency. The former president is a graduate of Columbia University, which also is home to the oral history of Dwight Eisenhower's presidency. The Obama project also will include former first lady Michelle Obama's legacy.

The University of Hawaii and the University of Chicago will partner on the effort, focusing respectively on Obama's early years in Hawaii and the Obamas' lives in Chicago.

Columbia University officials say the Obamas' histories are expected to be publicly available online no later than 2026.

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[BumRushDaShow]

1. Fantastic!

[LiberalLovinLug]

2. Congratulations Obamas

But how can one not immediately think about and compare the present day President's "oral history" with this great man's? All the elegant, heartwarming, and responsible speeches Barack gave.

What a joke it would be and an embarrassment to have a recorded record of his rallys, his insults, his lies, and perhaps a social media Twitter written history as well, of the Trump years.