Holocaust book, Maya Angelou's autobiography among nearly 400 items pulled from Naval Academy library in DEI purge

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Source: CBS News/AP

April 5, 2025 / 8:43 AM EDT


Books on the Holocaust, histories of feminism, civil rights and racism, and Maya Angelou's famous autobiography, "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings," were among the nearly 400 volumes removed from the U.S. Naval Academy's library this week after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's office ordered the school to get rid of ones that promote diversity, equity and inclusion. The Navy late Friday provided the list of 381 books that have been taken out of its library.

The move marks another step in the Trump administration's far-reaching effort to purge so-called DEI content from federal agencies, including policies, programs, online and social media postings and curriculum at schools. In addition to Angelou's award-winning tome, the list includes "Memorializing the Holocaust," which deals with Holocaust memorials; "Half American," about African Americans in World War II; "A Respectable Woman," about the public roles of African American women in 19th century New York; and "Pursuing Trayvon Martin," about the 2012 shooting of the Black 17-year-old in Florida that raised questions about racial profiling.

Other books clearly deal with subjects that have been stridently targeted by the Trump administration, including gender identity, sexuality and transgender issues. A wide array of books on race and gender were targeted, dealing with such topics as African American women poets, entertainers who wore blackface and the treatment of women in Islamic countries. Also on the list were historical books on racism, the Ku Klux Klan and the treatment of women, gender and race in art and literature.

In a statement, the Navy said officials went through the Nimitz Library catalog, using keyword searches, to identify books that required further review. About 900 books were identified in the search. "Departmental officials then closely examined the preliminary list to determine which books required removal," said Cmdr. Tim Hawkins, Navy spokesman. "Nearly 400 books were removed from Nimitz Library to comply with directives outlined in Executive Orders issued by the President."

Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dei-purge-holocaust-book-maya-angelou-memoir-pulled-from-naval-academy-library/

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"Price of eggs', "Kitchen table issues", "Working class". Still waiting...

[wolfie001]

1. The cowards in charge should be held accountable and fired for not resigning

They work for racists and fascists and are fine with that.

[intheflow]

2. This is a clear affront to the First Amendment rights of the military.

Literally the government suppressing and withholding information from armed forces members.

[Magoo48]

3. Just another in a growing list of stupid fucking orders that should be roundly ignored.

Why embarrass yourself by following orders like that?

[Prairie Gates]

4. The subtitle of Janet Jacobs' "Mmorializing the Holocaust" is Gender, Genocide, and Collective Memory

Triggered the "gender" filter, apparently.

These people are insane.

[electric_blue68]

5. Shame on them!

[erpowers]

6. This crazy and Wrong

There is no reason to take any book from a Naval Academy library shelf, unless maybe it has porn or promotes extreme hate. Naval Academy students should be allowed to read about the Holocaust and Maya Angelou on there own time. Also, they should definitely learn about the Holocaust during classes. We fought a war mainly because of the Holocaust. Those students especially need to learn about the Holocaust. There is so much those students and others can learn from the Holocaust. This country might not be where it is now if more people had learned about the Holocaust.