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[Clipping: Secret role of women fliers recalled]

Newspaper clipping of an article about WASP being hidden from public knowledge, including the U.S. Department of Defense withholding veteran status from the women who served in WWII. The article includes a photograph of a group of young women in jumpsuits walking away from a small propeller plane. On the back of the clipping is a large advertisement for a sale, and part of an article about Fort Concho.

Date: November 24, 1991

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

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

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.

Partner: Private Collection of Mario Marcel Salas

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

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

Partner: Private Collection of Mario Marcel Salas

[Clipping: Columbus still has his backers]

Newspaper clipping of the article, "Columbus still has his backers," in the Houston Post discussing a recent press conference held by Houston-area Hispanics, Italians, and the Christopher Columbus Quincentenary Texas Jubilee Commission to protest the state legislature's decision to replace Columbus Day with Martin Luther King, Jr. Day as a paid holiday for state employees.

Date: May 28, 1991

Creator: Root, Jay

Partner: Private Collection of Mario Marcel Salas

[Clipping: DGACU issues credit card]

A This Week in Texas clipping about the Dallas Gay Alliance Credit Union issuing their first credit card.

Date: February 8, 1991

Creator: This Week in Texas

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Clipping: No to United Way this year]

An open letter written by David Lott to United Way and published in This Week in Texas; Lott describes how disappointed he is in United Way's lack of involvement in the LGBTQIA+ community during the AIDS crisis.

Date: October 25, 1991

Creator: Lott, David

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Clipping: Dallas AIDS agencies lose out in allocation of C.A.R.E. funds]

A This Week in Texas clipping about two Dallas AIDS programs missing out on funding from the Ryan White C.A.R.E. Act.

Date: July 5, 1991

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Clipping: Houston eligible for funding]

A This Week in Texas clipping about Houston-area AIDS programs being eligible for Ryan White C.A.R.E. Act funds.

Date: January 25, 1991

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

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

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

Partner: Private Collection of Mario Marcel Salas

[Clipping: Weigh option on King holiday]

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

Partner: Private Collection of Mario Marcel Salas