{"id":13586,"date":"2026-02-10T09:43:25","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T16:43:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/mancos-library-celebrates-black-history-month-announces-coming-events\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T03:38:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T03:38:44","slug":"mancos-library-celebrates-black-history-month-announces-coming-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/mancos-library-celebrates-black-history-month-announces-coming-events\/","title":{"rendered":"Mancos library celebrates Black History Month, announces coming events"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=8f56d67b-f90f-5189-a271-d70301b4f339&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"1416\" height=\"1057\" alt=\"The Black History Month display at the Mancos Public Library was created by resident Gloria Thatch-Woody. (Courtesy of Midge Kirk)\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">The Black History Month display at the Mancos Public Library was created by resident Gloria Thatch-Woody. (Courtesy of Midge Kirk)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>The Mancos Public Library kicked off its celebration of Black History Month with an \u201celegant and inclusive\u201d display created by resident Gloria Thatch\u2011Woody, who is of African American descent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHer thoughtful assemblage illustrates many of the important people and times throughout Black history in America,\u201d said Midge Kirk, director of adult programs at the library.<\/p>\n<p>The display features key moments in Black history and includes a photo of Thatch\u2011Woody and her husband, Roger.<\/p>\n<p>Thatch\u2011Woody, who is in her 80s, told the library that she and her husband\u2019s interracial marriage was \u201cunusual and not widely accepted\u201d when they married almost 50 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have witnessed many people deeply moved as they make their way through the display, not just a cursory look, but really taking the time to absorb what they are seeing,\u201d Kirk said. \u201cWe are deeply grateful to Ms. Gloria Thatch\u2011Woody for bringing Black history to life during the month of February.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kirk also announced upcoming programs at the library.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, March 1, at 9:30 a.m., the library will host a two\u2011hour event titled \u201cCo\u2011Create a New Consciousness.\u201d The session will include Pranayam, Kundalini yoga, meditation and additional activities.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, March 28, the library will hold its annual celebration of women in the community in honor of Women\u2019s History Month. Additional details will be released later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Library\u2019s display was created by resident Gloria Thatch-Woody<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13587,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[28,83,60,29],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-13586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-headlines","tag-mancos","tag-montezuma-county","tag-newsletter"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13586"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19054,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13586\/revisions\/19054"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13586"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=13586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}