The instructions were published Tuesday in a Defense Intelligence Agency memo and affect 11 annual events, including Black History Month, which begins Saturday, and National Hispanic Heritage

Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrates local leaders

The Pentagon’s intelligence agency has put on hold observances of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Juneteenth, Holocaust Days of Remembrance and other annual historical or cultural events due to President Trump’s ban on diversity,

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 Rev. Peggy Pugh remembers growing up in St. Paul’s Rondo neighborhood in the early 1970s, watching her mother dress for church in pearl necklaces and Avon makeup. But it wasn’t just the beauty of the women in Rondo that captivated Pugh – it was what she learned from her community and continues to carry with her, she said.