New guidelines from the Trump administration means the State Department will likely be prohibited from observing Black History Month in February, The Wall Street Journal reported.

The Trump administration announced the closure of diversity, equity and inclusion offices throughout the government, prompting State Department officials to ask if they could release public statements about Black History Month and other “heritage months and commemorative events,” the Journal reported Monday.

Officials were told staff should highlight the “valuable contribution of individual Americans throughout U.S. history, while ensuring our public communications maintain the spirit of the directive eliminating DEAI programs,” referring to diversity, equity, accessibility and inclusion, according to the Journal.

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