Robert Newlen
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Robert Randolph Newlen is an American librarian who, as principal deputy librarian of the United States Library of Congress, became the acting librarian of Congress following the dismissal of Carla Ha
Newlen in 2023
Carla Hayden
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Carla Diane Hayden is an American librarian who served as the 14th librarian of Congress. Hayden was both the first African American and the first woman to hold this post. Appointed in 2016, she was t
Robert Newlen
…librarian who, as principal deputy librarian of the United States Library of Congress, became the acting librarian of Congress following the dismissal of Carla Hayden in May 2025 by the Trump administration. In 2026 he was awarded American Library Association Honorary Membership, the Association's highest honor…
Official portrait, 2020
Dr. Hayden (left) and actress Lynda Carter participating in the June 2017 "Library of Awesome" event that celebrated the role of comics and graphic novels in promoting literacy, as they strike the typical pose of Wonder Woman
Smokey Robinson and Carla Hayden at the Kennedy Center Honors Medallion Ceremony at the Library of Congress