{"id":2015,"date":"2023-02-08T10:21:28","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T18:21:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/mountain-library\/?p=2015"},"modified":"2023-02-08T10:22:33","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T18:22:33","slug":"black-history-month-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/mountain-library\/2023\/02\/08\/black-history-month-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Black History Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/mountain-library\/2023\/02\/08\/black-history-month-2\/bhm2023_web_carousel_1920x300\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2018\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2018\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/mountain-library\/files\/2023\/02\/BHM2023_Web_Carousel_1920x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/mountain-library\/files\/2023\/02\/BHM2023_Web_Carousel_1920x300.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/mountain-library\/files\/2023\/02\/BHM2023_Web_Carousel_1920x300-300x47.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/mountain-library\/files\/2023\/02\/BHM2023_Web_Carousel_1920x300-360x56.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nFebruary is a busy month.\u00a0 We are a week into Black History Month and heading towards Freedom to Read Week.\u00a0 I want you to take just a few minutes to reflect that unfortunately, this is not just history.\u00a0 Even today, there is a need for each of us to consider our role and responsibilities in this area.\u00a0 There are displays of books here at the Library Learning Commons.\u00a0 In the hallway cabinet, check out books that will aid you in becoming an anti-racist.\u00a0 Inside the library, find books about people who led the fight for civil rights.\u00a0 And then pick up a novel that tells a Black story by a Black author.\u00a0 Reading others&#8217; stories help us begin to understand them.<br \/>\nAnd with Freedom to Read week coming, remember that several of the books you will find here have been challenged and\/or banned in other places.\u00a0 Books that offend or make us uncomfortable are often the important ones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February is a busy month.\u00a0 We are a week into Black History Month and heading towards Freedom to Read Week.\u00a0 I want you to take just a few minutes to reflect that unfortunately, this is not just history.\u00a0 Even today, there is a need for each of us to consider our role and responsibilities in this area.\u00a0 There are displays of books here at the Library Learning Commons.\u00a0 In the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/mountain-library\/2023\/02\/08\/black-history-month-2\/\" class=\"read-more\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":2018,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/mountain-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2015"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/mountain-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/mountain-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/mountain-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/mountain-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2015"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/mountain-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2015\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2020,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/mountain-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2015\/revisions\/2020"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/mountain-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/mountain-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/mountain-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/mountain-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}