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Jackie Robinson Article Removed from Defense Department Website, Raising Concerns

The Department of Defense removed an article about Jackie Robinson, who broke the color barrier in baseball, during a purge of diversity-related content ordered by Trump.
Robinson faced a court-martial for refusing to sit at the back of a segregated military bus during his service.
The removal of Robinson's story aligns with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's claim that diversity, equity, and inclusion is 'dead' under Trump's agenda.
The Pentagon was directed by Trump to eliminate content that promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion from federal websites, according to a Pentagon spokesman.

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A note from the publisher: The details of Trump’s DEI purge prove it’s all about white supremacy

For the last couple of decades, a Jackie Robinson poster has been on the wall above my desk. In addition to a photo of the Brooklyn Dodgers/civil rights icon, the poster includes the definition of courage: cour•age n. 1. The mental or moral strength to venture, persevere, and withstand danger, fear, or difficulty. 2. Valor. In elementary school, I read a biography about Jackie Robinson—and to say it left an impression would be an understatement.…

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Pentagon Restores Purged Jackie Robinson Article After Outcry

“Everyone at the Defense Department loves Jackie Robinson,” said a representative two hours after defending the deletion as a strike against “woke cultural Marxism.”

16 days ago·Madison, United States

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Letter: Jackie Robinson revictimized

Jackie Robinson is a baseball hero, a war hero and a civil rights activist. During WW2, Jackie served in the 761st Tank Battalion and then became the first black baseball player to be permitted to play in Major League baseball,…

19 days ago·Tucson, United States

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NY Daily News

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LEONARD GREENE: Jackie Robinson military history restored to Defense Dept. site, but damage already done

Before Rosa Parks changed history by refusing to give up her seat on a segregated Alabama bus, a righteous Black Army lieutenant was court martialed for taking the same stand in Texas. His name: Jackie Robinson. Robinson is best known, of course, for breaking baseball’s color barrier in 1947. But on July 6, 1944, Robinson refused a driver’s order to move to the back of an Army bus. Although he was acquitted of the six counts against him, includi…

19 days ago·New York, United States

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Why conservatives are obsessed with erasing history—except the Confederacy

The Trump administration has spent the last month on a tear, using President Donald Trump’s newfound power in multiple departments and agencies for a goal that seems bewildering at first glance: deleting history. Under the guise of eliminating...

20 days ago·United States

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Is Donald Trump Creating a 'Whiter America'? POTUS Goes on a Spree to Remove American Heroes of Color from History

Under Donald Trump's administration, history is being erased about national heroes who are not white. Is his ultimate goal just to build a "Whiter America?"

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