The Defense Department removed then restored a web page detailing the military service of baseball Hall of Famer and civil rights icon Jackie Robinson after a broad elimination of diversity, equity, and inclusion content following President Donald Trump’s executive order ending such initiatives, CBS reported.
The Robinson moves followed an Axios review that found multiple military websites had deleted pages about soldiers of color, including American Indian code talkers and Mexican American Medal of Honor recipients.
The purge comes after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declared, “DEI is dead.”
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