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Roseville Human Rights, Inclusion and Engagement <br />Commission <br /> <br />Agenda Item <br />Memorial Museum as a permanent <br />living memorial to the victims. <br />6. Fair Housing Month April This is a Presidential Proclamation. On <br />April 11, 1968, President Lyndon <br />Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of <br />1968, which was meant as a follow-up <br />to the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The <br />1968 Act expanded on previous acts <br />and prohibited discrimination <br />concerning the sale, rental, and <br />financing of housing based on race, <br />religion, national origin, sex, (and as <br />amended) handicap and family status. <br />Title VIII of the Act is also known as <br />the Fair Housing Act (of 1968). <br />7. Asian & Pacific Islander Heritage May Asian/Pacific American Heritage <br />Month Month originated in 1978 when <br />Congress passed Pub. L. 95-419(PDF, <br />63KB). This law directed the President <br />to issue a proclamation designating <br />the week beginning on May 4, 1979 as <br />Asian/Pacific American Heritage <br />Week. In 1990, Congress passed Pub. <br />L. 101-283 (PDF, 91KB) which <br />amended Pub.L.95-419. Pub. L. 101- <br />283 requested the President to issue a <br />proclamation which expanded the <br />observance of Asian/Pacific American <br />Heritage Week to a month in May <br />1990. <br />8. Mental Health Awareness Month May <br />Mental Health Awareness Month (also <br />referred to as "Mental Health <br />Month") has been observed in May in <br />the United States since 1949, reaching <br />millions of people in the United <br />States through the media, local <br />\[1\] <br />events, and screenings. <br />Mental Health Awareness Month was <br />started in the United States in 1949 by <br />the Mental Health <br />America organization (then known as <br /> <br />