Frederick Douglass Parade Canceled After Maryland National Guard Bows Out Following Trump’s Anti-DEI Order

Frederick Douglass Parade Canceled After Maryland National Guard Bows Out Following Trump’s Anti-DEI Order

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Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) By Essence News Editors ·Updated February 20, 2025

On the very day President Trump signed a proclamation affirming February as Black History Month, his Department of Defense (DOD)declared that “identity months” were “dead” over at the Pentagon.

The guidance, issued on January

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