[Clipping: Boycott urged to force state King holiday #2]

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Newspaper clippings of the second page of the article, "Boycott urged to force state King holiday," discussing a boycott to encourage Texas to make Martin Luther King Day a full holiday. Civil rights leaders in Texas urged the National Football League to boycott Texas when Houston was being considered as the location of the Super Bowl for 1995. The article quotes Mario Marcel Salas, state senator Frank Tejada, and Rev. R. A. Callies regarding their efforts in organizing the push for the holiday.

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2 clippings ; 22 x 7 cm. or smaller, on sheet 28 x 22 cm.

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Garcia, James E. March 27, 1991.

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Private Collection of Mario Marcel Salas

Private Collection of Mario Marcel Salas documents Salas's participant in the civil rights movement in the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s as well as early participation in the SNCC (Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee) San Antonio chapter, and as a civil rights leader for over 50 years.

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Newspaper clippings of the second page of the article, "Boycott urged to force state King holiday," discussing a boycott to encourage Texas to make Martin Luther King Day a full holiday. Civil rights leaders in Texas urged the National Football League to boycott Texas when Houston was being considered as the location of the Super Bowl for 1995. The article quotes Mario Marcel Salas, state senator Frank Tejada, and Rev. R. A. Callies regarding their efforts in organizing the push for the holiday.

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2 clippings ; 22 x 7 cm. or smaller, on sheet 28 x 22 cm.

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  • "Boycott urged to force state King holiday," Austin American-Statesman, Austin, Texas, March 27, 1991, B7.

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Rescuing Texas History, 2018

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  • March 27, 1991

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Garcia, James E. [Clipping: Boycott urged to force state King holiday #2], clipping, March 27, 1991; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1261186/: accessed May 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Private Collection of Mario Marcel Salas.

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