22 hours ago · The Defense Intelligence Agency's pause comes in response to President Trump’s ban on diversity, equity and inclusion programs in the federal workplace.

23 hours ago · Pentagon intelligence agency pauses events, activities related to MLK Day, Black History Month The pause comes after Trump targeted DEI initiatives in executive orders.

It is celebrated the third Monday of every January. February is Black History month. Since 1976, every president has designated this month to the study of the history and contributions of African Americans. Its founders are historian Carter Woodson and minister Jesse E Moorland.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Defense Department's intelligence agency has paused observances of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Pride Month, Holocaust Days of Remembrance and other cultural or historical ...

Nov 9, 2009 · Martin Luther King Jr. leads a march from Selma to Montgomery in March 1965 to protest the lack of voting rights for African Americans. Beside King are John Lewis, Reverend Jesse Douglas, James...

Black History Month 2024 has begun. Here's this year's theme and other things to know. "King's first biographer was a dear friend of Dr. King's, L.D. Reddick," Miller says. Reddick once...

February is Black History Month. Honor the contributions of luminaries like Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks and others with these Black History facts.

While Martin Luther King Jr needs no introduction, his impact will forever bear repeating. A Baptist minister and activist, King became the most powerful leader in the civil rights movement...

Jan 29, 2023 · Black History Month recognizes the achievements of Black Americans to US history, including Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks, and Carter G. Woodson.

Black History Month was first observed as Negro History Week in February 1926, but the inspiration for the commemoration began over a decade earlier through a steady stream of electrifying events, discoveries, and other celebrations of Black excellence.