[Clipping: African American Leaders Demand MLK Holiday]

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Newspaper clipping of the article, "African American Leaders Demand MLK Holiday" in NOKOA: The Observer discussing a recent meeting between House Speaker Gib Lewis and several elected officials and community leaders, including Frank Tejada, Ron Wilson, and Mario Salas, regarding the bill to make Martin Luther King, Jr. Day an official state holiday.

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1 clipping : ill. ; 28 x 22 cm.

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Adams, Ronald May 16, 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 clipping of the article, "African American Leaders Demand MLK Holiday" in NOKOA: The Observer discussing a recent meeting between House Speaker Gib Lewis and several elected officials and community leaders, including Frank Tejada, Ron Wilson, and Mario Salas, regarding the bill to make Martin Luther King, Jr. Day an official state holiday.

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1 clipping : ill. ; 28 x 22 cm.

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  • "African American Leaders Demand MLK Holiday," NOKOA: The Observer, Austin, Texas, May 10-16, 1991.

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  • May 16, 1991

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Adams, Ronald. [Clipping: African American Leaders Demand MLK Holiday], clipping, May 16, 1991; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1261583/: accessed May 27, 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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