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February is Black History Month, and this month, the Visitor Center is featuring a Civil Rights Exhibit in the gallery section.<\/p>\n
The exhibit has a beautiful collection of black and white photographs from Mancos resident Betsy Harrison\u2019s collection that highlight the 1950s and \u201960s, a time when being black in America was a struggle.<\/p>\n
The 12 photographs on display will take you through an emotional roller coaster and teach you a thing or two.<\/p>\n
\u201cSome of these photographs are very historical and very rare,\u201d said Marie Chiarizia, director of the Mancos Valley Chamber of Commerce\/Visitor Center.<\/p>\n
One such photograph is \u201cAmerican Gothic\u201d by Gordon Parks.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is quite profound,\u201d Chiarizia said.<\/p>\n
Another photograph shows Martin Luther King Junior meeting with President Lyndon B. Johnson. Another shows Coretta Scott King crying at the funeral of her husband after he was assassinated in 1968.<\/p>\n
Chiarizia said she was 8 years old when that happened and living near Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou could see the glow of the fires set. Whole sections of D.C. burned,\u201d she said. \u201cIt was a tumultuous time to grow up.\u201d<\/p>\n
Gloria Thatch-Woody put together a history table at the back of the exhibit.<\/p>\n
She included information on the National Museum on African American History and Culture, to be built in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnyone who donates will have their name on the list of charter members,\u201d Thatch-Woody said.<\/p>\n
Thatch-Woody said she enjoyed the exhibit and hopes that people in the area take time to visit it this month.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s really fascinating,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Thatch-Woody said that reading the history behind each photograph was enjoyable.<\/p>\n
At the back of the exhibit is a photo of Thatch-Woody, who is black, and her husband of 30 years, Roger Woody, who is white.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe would have gone to jail if we would have got married in the \u201960s,\u201d she said. They have been married since 1982.<\/p>\n
Where: Mancos Visitor Center, 101 E. Bauer, Mancos
\n Info: 970-533-7434
\n Hours: Mondays through Fridays 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
\n Length: Show runs through Feb. 27<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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