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Carla Hayden, the former Librarian of Congress fired by President Donald Trump, has joined the the country's foremost ...
SPRINGFIELD -- The former Librarian of Congress who has ties to central Illinois and was abruptly dismissed by President Donald Trump in May has a new appointment. Carla Hayden is joining the Andrew W ...
Hayden, both the first woman and first Black person to head the Library of Congress, was fired by President Donald Trump in May.
Dr. Carla Hayden, a trailblazing librarian of Congress, was fired by President Trump in May. Geoff Bennett recently spoke with her about being blindsided by the decision, the administration’s ...
Carla Hayden, 14th Librarian of Congress, said she worked to make the Library of Congress more accessible to a wider audience during her nearly 10-year tenure there. (Emily Neil/WHYY) ...
The former Librarian of Congress, who was dismissed by the White House in May, will pursue scholarship, writing, and research ...
Former librarian of Congress Carla Hayden at the American Library Association's 2025 Annual Conference and Exhibition in Philadelphia on June 28 Photo: EPNAC “I’m a little nervous, because I haven’t ...
Carla Hayden, the first woman and African American to serve as the US Librarian of Congress, revealed she has had no direct contact with the Trump administration over her sudden dismissal in May.
Dr. Carla Hayden, the former Librarian of Congress, is breaking her silence about her unceremonious firing by the Trump administration after serving on the job for nearly a decade.
Carla Hayden, librarian of Congress since 2016, was abruptly fired from her position. She was the first woman and first African American to hold this job.
Two months after Carla Hayden was fired as Librarian of Congress, she has a new job that will put her knowledge of libraries ...