Carla Hayden Made the Library of Congress More Inclusive. Then She Was Fired for It.

Carla Hayden Made the Library of Congress More Inclusive. Then She Was Fired for It.

The nation’s first African American Librarian of Congress was the latest person to get fired by President Donald Trump, a move that librarians say could stymie progress in making the nation’s library more accessible and inclusive.  Carla Hayden’s firing on May 8 was met with fierce backlash from mainly Democrats, who tied the longtime librarian’s dismissal to the Trump administration’s efforts to attack democratic institutions.  “To be clear, th…