Black women bear brunt of US Federal job cuts under Trump Gender Just now
Dr Carla Hayden, the first black person and first woman to serve as Librarian of Congress, was fired and replaced by Todd Blanche, a white man with no public background in library science, archival management or cataloguing.
Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, the first black woman to serve on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, was also dismissed.
In February 2025, Trump dismissed CQ Brown Jr, a black man, from his role as chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and replaced him with Lieutenant General Dan Caine, a retired white officer.
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