Senate Just Approved the New Librarian of Congress: She’s Black

Read about Carla Hayden at Mentalfloss.com.

Hayden is the both the first woman and the first African American to assume the title.

Carla Hayden, first woman and African American to be named U.S. Librarian of Congress

Carla Hayden 

From the article:

“Part of what qualified her for the role in the eyes of the president, he said in a statement earlier this year, was her devotion “to modernizing libraries so that everyone can participate in today’s digital culture.”

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