AND YOU WONDER WHY I GOTS NO LOVE FOR THE BLACK FOLKS THAT CO-SIGN BY GIVING HIM AIRTIME!! #TeamDL joyannreid : It’s exactly what it looks like… . Repost from hereswhykevin • This week Dr. Carla Hayden, the first Black and first female Librarian of Congress was fired before her ten-year term was up. This firing was unexpected. The Librarian of Congress is such an apolitical position that the last Librarian, James H. Billington served nearly 30 years. But President Trump has fired a number of prominent Black officials from nonpolitical, independent federal positions as part of a sweeping rollback of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. These dismissals include: • General Charles Q. Brown Jr., Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, a nonpartisan military advisory role traditionally insulated from political turnover. • Dr. Carla Hayden, Librarian of Congress, the first Black and first female leader of the Library. • Alvin Brown, member of the National Transportat...