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[Kids Playing Football]

Description: Photograph of kids from Kirkpatrick Junior Senior High School playing football. The kids are wearing pads and helmets and there is a coach on the field. "Kirkpatrick Wildcats in Action" is written on the back of the photo.
Date: [1953..]
Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society

[I.M. Terrell High School Coaches]

Description: Photograph of five coaches from I.M. Terrell High School; Robert Hughes, Henry C. Johnson, Williams, Day, and Tillman. The center man is holding a clipboard and there is a football player in the background.
Date: [..1973]
Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society

[6 Wiley College Quarterbacks]

Description: Photograph of six football players, three standing and three kneeling. A label attached to the photograph reads, "WILEY QUARTERBACKS. This sextet of Wiley Wildcat signal callers make certain there'll be no shortage during the tough SWAC campaign. Top rows: (l to [...] [...]ell Moore, Fred Dotson, Joe Dan Davis. Kneeling [...]ville, Early Holmes, Billy Henry."
Date: unknown
Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society

[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: 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

[African American Football Team]

Description: Photograph of an African American football team, mostly wearing suits, standing on the steps to what appears to be a gymnasium. One man sits on the ground holding a football labelled "[...] Champs."
Date: unknown
Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society

[Coaches Bean, Beale, and Parker]

Description: Photograph of coaches Bean, Beale, and Parker of Kirkpatrick Junior Senior High School kneeling and looking at a clipboard in the center man's hand. "Coaches Bean, Beale, Parker, Kirkpatrick" is written on the back.
Date: [1953..]
Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society

[Dunbar Football Team]

Description: Photograph of the Dunbar Junior-Senior High School Football team posing for a group photo in front of portable buildings. The students are wearing football uniforms and the two coaches are wearing suits. The football helmets are lined up in front of the students. "Dunbar Wildcats" is written on the back of the photo.
Date: [1953..]
Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society

[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: African American [..] MLK Holiday]

Description: Newspaper clipping of the article, "African American [..] MLK Holiday" discussing the passage of a Texas Senate bill to make Martin Luther King, Jr. Day an official holiday in Texas. The article includes a photo of Mario Salas, who was one of the civil rights leaders advocating for the bill.
Date: 199X-05-10
Creator: Adams, Ronald
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
Partner: Private Collection of Mario Marcel Salas
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