The Defense Intelligence Agency's pause comes in response to President Trump's ban on diversity, equity and inclusion programs in the federal workplace.

The Pentagon joined the scramble by federal agencies trying to conform to President Trump’s war on diversity programs.

Over the next four weeks, the D.C. area comes alive with events highlighting contributions made by the Black community, lionizing heroes like Frederick Douglass and William Still; shining a spotlight on histories that don’t always appear in schoolbooks;