On May 8th, 2025 the Trump administration abruptly fired Dr. Carla Hayden, the 14th Librarian of Congress. Hayden was the first woman AND African American to lead this library. During her tenure, she led the library’s digitization efforts and made their collections more accessible to the American public.

Rating: 4 stars Genre: Historical Fiction Themes: Black-to-white racial passing, racism, classism, sexism, antisemitism, relationships....