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[Clipping: Italian-Americans, Hispanics irked by holiday change]

Description: Newspaper clipping of the article, "Italian-Americans, Hispanics irked by holiday change" in San Antonio Light, discussing the reactions of the Italian-American and Hispanic communities to replacement of Columbus Day with Martin Luther King, Jr. Day as an official paid holiday for state employees.
Date: May 28, 1991
Creator: San Antonio Light
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.
Partner: Private Collection of Mario Marcel Salas

[Clipping: Mandela deputy to speak here Sunday]

Description: Newspaper clippings of the article, "Mandela deputy to speak here Sunday," in the San Antonio Light discussing a fundraising event organized by the San Antonio Mandela Project at which Lyndall Shope-Mafole is scheduled to speak. Rev. Claude Black is quoted speaking about the role black Americans can contribute to the efforts to abolish apartheid.
Date: July 17, 1990
Partner: Private Collection of Mario Marcel Salas

[Letter from John W. Stanford, Jr. to the American Civil Liberties Union, February 16, 1961]

Description: Letter from John W. Stanford, Jr. to the American Civil Liberties Union discussing the recent series of articles published in the Dallas Morning News about communists in Texas and naming John W. Stanford as a member of the communist party. Stanford anticipates being charged as communism is illegal in Texas and asks if the American Civil Liberties Union would recommend an attorney.
Date: February 16, 1961
Creator: Stanford, John W., Jr.
Partner: Private Collection of Mario Marcel Salas

[Clipping: Mandela receives hero's welcome]

Description: Newspaper clipping of the article, "Mandela receives hero's welcome," discussing Mandela's recent visit to the United States and a press conference held by Rev. Hector Grant, Rev. C. W. Black, and Mario Salas announcing their plan to raise money for South Africans.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of Mario Marcel Salas

[Clipping: Freedom fighter eludes definition]

Description: Newspaper clipping of the editorial, "Freedom fighter eludes definition" in the San Antonio Light discussing America's involvement in violent revolutions in Nicaragua and Afghanistan and who is considered a freedom fighter by the American public. Cavazos also discusses the American general public's discomfort with Nelson Mandela's ties to Arafat, Castro, and Gadhafi and his refusal to disavow violence as an option in the fight to end apartheid in South Africa.
Date: July 22, 1990
Creator: Cavazos, R. Daniel
Partner: Private Collection of Mario Marcel Salas

[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
Partner: Private Collection of Mario Marcel Salas

[Clipping: VIA pressed to bypass Arizona meet]

Description: Newspaper clippings of the article, "VIA pressed to bypass Arizona meet," in the San Antonio Light discussing community efforts urging VIA Metropolitan Transit to boycott an Arizona transit conference due to Arizona's rejection of adopting Martin Luther King, Jr. Day as an official holiday.
Date: January 4, 1991
Creator: Hagerty, Vaugn & McAuliffe, Suzanne
Partner: Private Collection of Mario Marcel Salas

[Clipping: Store guards given six-year sentences]

Description: Newspaper clippings of the article, "Store guards given six-year sentences," in the San Antonio Express discussing Benjamin Mahavier's and Jesus Limon's conviction of voluntary manslaughter for the death of Webb Eugene Boyd. Mahavier and Limon shot Boyd, claiming self-defense, while he was driving in a parking lot.
Date: June 15, 1979
Creator: Hendricks, David
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
Partner: Private Collection of Mario Marcel Salas

[Clipping: S. African blacks must fight oppression, ANC member says]

Description: Newspaper clipping of the article, "S. African blacks must fight oppression, ANC member says," in the San Antonio Express-News discussing Lyndall Shope-Mafole's speech at a Sunday evening service celebrating Nelson Mandela's release from prison. The cited attendance number, "over 200" is underlined in blue ink and has an arrow from it to a handwritten note reading, "700."
Date: July 23, 1990
Creator: Garcia, Victor J.
Partner: Private Collection of Mario Marcel Salas

[Clipping: 800 marchers rally, protest King verdict]

Description: Newspaper clipping of the article, "800 marchers rally, protest King verdict," in the San Antonio Express-News discussing the rally in San Antonio to protest the Rodney King verdict. The protest was organized by Frontline 2000 and the article discusses the demands of the group regarding police reform and monetary investment in black communities.
Date: May 17, 1992
Creator: Martinez, Rolando
Partner: Private Collection of Mario Marcel Salas

[Clipping: Part II: Plan for Retirement Now]

Description: Newspaper clipping of the from the San Antonio Register, including the nameplate of the newspaper and a portion of the article, "Part II: Plan for Retirement Now." The article discusses the downsides of relying on social security and employers' pension plans and urges readers to begin saving independently.
Date: June 28, 1990
Creator: Glosson, Jacqueline
Partner: Private Collection of Mario Marcel Salas

[Clipping: Council [sc]raps VIA meeting]

Description: Newspaper clippings of the article, "Council [sc]raps VIA meeting" in the San Antonio Express-News discussing a non-binding resolution passed by the San Antonio City Council urging VIA staffers not to attend a training conference in Tempe, Arizona because of Arizona's vote against a Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. The article also states the purpose and costs of attending the conference.
Date: January 4, 1991
Creator: Gonzalez, Susie Phillips
Partner: Private Collection of Mario Marcel Salas
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