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[Adoption Statement of Jeanette Scinto]

Description: Personal statement of Jeanette Scinto regarding her adoption from the Chenzhou Welfare Center in Hunan Province, China. She shares her desire to know her entire story and thoughts regarding her Chinese name, Dan Dan. There is a photo of Jeanette included on the second page of her statement.
Date: March 22, 2017
Creator: Scinto, Jeanette
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: St. Edward’s University

[Adoption Statement of Tinka]

Description: Personal statement of Tinka regarding the adoption of her son from Hunan Province. Tinka discusses her work as a volunteer in orphanages in Hunan Province from 1995-2005 and how she adopted her son and moved back to Switzerland. There is a photo of her with her son at the end of her statement.
Date: March 22, 2017
Creator: Tinka
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: St. Edward’s University

[Bill Jackson Sr. and Bill Jackson Jr.]

Description: Photograph of Bill Jackson Sr. and Bill Jackson Jr. sitting in a grocery store's back office next to a desk with two typewriters on it. Bill Jackson Jr. is sitting on his father's knee. "Jackson's Groc and House of M[...], Bill Jackson, Sr. and Jr., 3-11-1964" is written on the back of the photo.
Date: March 11, 1963
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society

[Bobby M. Popham Receiving a Medal of Valor]

Description: Photograph of Bobby N. Popham receiving a medal of valor from another man. Both men are wearing Dallas Fire Department uniforms and a patch reading "Dallas Fire Department" is visible on the man on the right's sleeve. The medal of valor is a medal on a ribbon in a frame with a brass plaque under it. "Bobby N. Popham March 28, 1977" is written on the back of the photo.
Date: March 28, 1977
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Clipping: Activist seeks holiday, or no Super Bowl]

Description: Newspaper clipping of the article "Activist seeks holiday, or no Super Bowl" in the San Antonio Light. The article discusses the plans of Mario Salas to request the National Football League boycott Texas as a potential Super Bowl location if the state does not make Martin Luther King, Jr. Day an official holiday.
Date: March 28, 1991
Creator: Chapin, David
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: Private Collection of Mario Marcel Salas

[Clipping: Boycott urged to force state King holiday #1]

Description: Newspaper clipping of the first page of the article, "Boycott urged to force state King holiday," discussing a boycott by the National Football League to encourage Texas to make Martin Luther King Day a full holiday. The article quotes Mario Marcel Salas and Rev. R. A. Callies regarding their efforts in organizing the push for the holiday, and there is a photo of Mario Marcel Salas in front of a statue of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Date: March 27, 1991
Creator: Garcia, James E. & Kennedy, David
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: Private Collection of Mario Marcel Salas

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

Description: 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. more
Date: March 27, 1991
Creator: Garcia, James E.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: Private Collection of Mario Marcel Salas

[Clipping: Civil Rights Activists Calls for MKL Holiday]

Description: Newspaper clipping of the article, "Civil Rights Activists Calls for MKL Holiday" in NOKOA - The Observer, discussing Mario Marcel Salas' address to the Texas State Senate Public Affairs Committee in support of a bill to officially recognized Martin Luther King, Jr. Day as a paid state holiday.
Date: March 22, 1991
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: Private Collection of Mario Marcel Salas

[Clipping: S. A. lawmakers push for King's own holiday]

Description: Newspaper clipping of the article, "S. A. lawmakers push for King's own holiday" in the San Antonio Express-News discussing the bills introduced by Frank Tejada and Karyne Conley to the Texas Senate to recognize Martin Luther King, Jr. Day as an official state holiday. The article also includes quotes from Mario Salas and Rev. R. A. Callies regarding the holiday.
Date: March 24, 1991
Creator: Smith, Richard
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: Private Collection of Mario Marcel Salas

[Clipping: Weigh option on King holiday]

Description: Newspaper clipping of the article, "Weigh option on King holiday," in the Waco Tribune-Herald discussing the status of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in Texas, the possibly ramifications for Houston's Super Bowl bid, and the efforts of Mario Salas, Ron Wilson, and Frank Tejada to elevate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day to a paid holiday for state employees.
Date: March 30, 1991
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: Private Collection of Mario Marcel Salas
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