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Wed Mar 19, 2025, 07:42 AM Mar 2025

Jackie Robinson article on MLB legend's Army history removed from Department of Defense website [View all]

Source: Yahoo News

Before Tuesday, there was a story dedicated to the Army history of Jackie Robinson, who defiantly opposed racism in the military before breaking baseball's color barrier, on the website of the Department of Defense.

As of Tuesday evening, it was no longer there.

As KSBW and ESPN's Jeff Passan noted, the webpage has been scrubbed and the URL now features "dei" before the story's headline, indicating it was potentially taken down as part of President Donald Trump's administration's efforts to remove diversity, equity and inclusion programs from everything with ties to the federal government.

Robinson isn't alone in having a webpage taken down from the Pentagon's website. The Trump Administration drew outrage earlier Tuesday when it gave the Navajo Code Talkers a similar treatment, as well as a Black recipient of the Medal of Honor and Japanese American veterans. In each case, the Trump administration said their removal was a mistake on the part of an automated process and the content would be restored.

Read more: https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/article/jackie-robinson-article-on-mlb-legends-army-history-removed-from-department-of-defense-website-044150537.html



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In each case, the Trump administration said their removal was a mistake on the part of an automated process and the content would be restored.

Everything not white, straight, male, or Christian is DEI.
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