The latest victim of the Trump administration’s anti-DEI orders appears to be Frederick Douglass.
Organizers have canceled a parade planned to honor the 207th birthday of the Maryland native and famed abolitionist after the Maryland National Guard announced they could not participate, citing the Department of Defense’s order to cease celebrating “identity months.”
While the event was slated for February, Black History Month, it was also planned around the date of his birth and death. Douglass, who was born in February 1818 in Talbot County, famously declared February 14 his birthday. He later died on February 20, 1895. Read more at www.thegrio.com.
