Happening Now: Trump Hosts Event Honoring Black History Month
February 20, 2025
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as posted by the channelPresident Trump is set to host a reception at the White House on Thursday afternoon to honor Black History Month.
The celebration comes amid the administration's moves to gut federal diversity equity and inclusion programs and place DEI employees on leave. He's also pressed the private sector to follow along, and many have already dismantled their diversity teams including large corporations such as Walmart, McDonalds and Target.
The efforts have led to legal action and sparked sharp backlash from Democrats and DEI leaders.
Some of the notable guests, according to The Associated Press, include Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), Rep. John James (R-Mich.), Martin Luther King Jr.'s niece Alveda King and Herschel Walker, a former football player who was tapped by Trump to serve as ambassador to the Bahamas.
Trump recognized "American heroes" such as Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Thomas Sowell, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and golf star Tiger Woods, and "countless others represent what is best in America and her citizens," to kick-start Black History Month in the U.S. at the end of January.
The event is scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. EST.
Watch the live video above.
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