BWCA Celebrates Black History Month with Dr. Carla Hayden

Dr. CARLA HAYDEN, the 14th Librarian of Congress, the first BLACK AMERICAN AND THE FIRST WOMAN TO HOLD THIS POSITION, will join the BLACK WOMEN'S CONGRESSIONAL ALLIANCE (BWCA) to commemorate BLACK HISTORY MONTH WITH A SPECIAL CONVERSATION ABOUT HER REMARKABLE CAREER AND THE POWER OF representation. Dr. HAYDEN'S APPOINTMENT BY PRESIDENT OBAMA IN 2016 WAS ESPECIALLY SIGNIFICANT GIVEN THE BLACK STRUGGLE FOR EQUALITY IN OUR COUNTRY AND THE LEGACY OF SLAVERY. During slavery, enslavers prohibited enslaved people from learning to read or write, and enslaved people who were caught reading or writing were severely punished. It is with great pride that we celebrate Dr. HAYDEN’s extraordinary career and her historic rise to leading the world’s largest library, the Library of Congress.