Bloomington is among the Indiana communities kicking off Black History Month over the weekend. Historian Carter G. Woodson launched what was initially Negro History Week in 1926 - to honor the contributions of Black educators,

The Defense Department intelligence agency has paused observances of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Pride Month, Holocaust Days of Remembrance and other cultural or historical annual events in response to President Donald Trump’s ban on diversity,

"February we celebrated it as Black History Month, but in reality, Black history is American history. And we can't forget that all of our stories matter."

The memo was allegedly written to bring the Defense Intelligence Agency in line with President Donald Trump's anti-DEI executive orders.

The Pentagon’s intelligence agency has put on hold observances of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Juneteenth, Holocaust Days of Remembrance and other annual historical or cultural events due to

No other president, Republican or Democrat, has ever used a Black History Month proclamation for such crass self-promotion.”

Georgia was at the center of the fight for civil rights and throughout the decades, WSB has been committed to covering the movement.

A retired chief warrant officer in the military is upset about the Pentagon’s intelligence arm’s decision to no longer celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Women’s History Month, and Pride Month.