Maya Angelou memory, Holocaust book is among those taken from the library of the Naval Academy in Dei Purge

Washington (AP) – Books on Holocaust, Stories of Feminism, Civil Rights and Racism, and the famous autobiography of Maya Angelou, “I know why the cage bird”, was one of the nearly 400 volumes Deleted from the US Naval Academy library This week after the office of the defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, ordered the school to get rid of those who promote diversity, equity and inclusion.

The Navy Friday evening provided The list of 381 pounds which were out of his library. This decision marks another step in the large -scale effort of the Trump administration to Purges the content of Dei Federal agencies, including policies, programs, online publications and social media and programs in schools.

In addition to the awarded volume of Angelou, the list includes “the commemoration of the holocaust”, which deals with the commemorative monuments of the holocaust; “Half American”, on African-Americans of the Second World War; “A respectable woman”, on the public roles of African-American women in the 19th century in New York; And “Continue Trayvon Martin”, on the shooter in 2012 of the 17 -year -old black in Florida which raised questions on racial profiling.

Other books clearly deal with subjects that have been targeted Transgender problems. A wide range of books on race and sex has been targeted, dealing with subjects such as African-American poets, artists who wore black face and the treatment of women in Islamic countries.

Historical books on racism, Ku Klux Klan and the treatment of women, gender and race in art and literature.

In a statement, the navy said that officials had traveled the Nimitz library catalog, using keyword research, to identify books that required a more in -depth examination. About 900 pounds have been identified in research.

“Ministerial officials then closely examined the preliminary list to determine which books required withdrawal,” said CMDR. Tim Hawkins, spokesperson for the navy. “Nearly 400 pounds have been removed from the Nimitz library to comply with the guidelines described in decrees published by the President.”

The books were removed shortly before HegSeth’s arrival on Tuesday for a visit to the Academy, which had already been planned and was not linked to the library purge, officials said.

The Pentagon said that academies are “fully determined to execute and implement the decrees of President Trump”.

The Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, the Air Force Academy near Colorado Springs, Colorado and the American military academy in West Point, New York, had not been included in President Donald Trump executive order in January This has prohibited the instruction, programs or programs from DEI to kindergarten to 12th primary school which receive federal funding. This is because academies are colleges.

Pentagon leaders, however, turned their attention to the Naval Academy last week when a media report noted that the school had not deleted books promoting Dei.

An American official said that the Academy was invited at the end of last week to examine and abolition. It is not clear if the order was led by Hegseth or someone else in its staff.

A West Point official confirmed earlier this week that the school had completed an examination of his study program and was ready to examine the content of the library if he was led by the army. Air Force and Naval academies had also carried out curriculum exams as necessary.

An Air Force Academy official said that the school continuously examined its study program, its courses and other documents to ensure that everything is in accordance with the executive and the policies of the Ministry of Defense.

Last week, Lieutenant-General Tony Bauernfeind, the superintendent of the Air Force Academy, told Congress that the school was in the middle of his course review, but there was no mention of books.

Officials spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the academy policies.

Hegseth aggressively pushed the Department to erase Dei’s programs and online content, but the campaign has met issues of angry legislators, local leaders and citizens During the elimination of military heroes And the historical mentions of websites in the Defense Department and Social Media Pages.