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[Clipping: Other Bills]

Description: Newspaper clipping of the "Other Bills" section of the San Antonio Light, listing the status of bills in the most recent session of the state legislature with a brief discussion of each bills' contents. The passed bills include recognizing Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, insurance reform, and oil spill response.
Date: May 28, 1991
Partner: Private Collection of Mario Marcel Salas

[Clipping: Passage of King Holiday]

Description: Newspaper clippings of the article, "Passage of King Holiday," from the San Antonio Register discussing the reactions of the Hispanic and Italian American communities to the state legislature's decision to replace Columbus Day with Martin Luther King, Jr. Day as a paid holiday for state employees. There is a photo of Mario Salas, Joe Scott, Rick Greene, W. B. Johnson, Mr. Byrd, and John Saunders standing in front of the statue of Martin Luther King, Jr. in San Antonio, Texas.
Date: May 30, 1991
Partner: Private Collection of Mario Marcel Salas

[Greeting Card of the Front Page of the Black Panther, Volume 8, Number 22]

Description: Greeting card with an image of the front page of The Black Panther, Volume 8, Number 22. The headline story is "One Year After Assassination: They Haven't Killed George Jackson." The back of the card has information about the Black Panther Party Newspaper and the National Jericho Movement.
Date: 20XX
Creator: National Jericho Movement
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: 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: ANC: Freedom struggle]

Description: Newspaper clipping of the second page of an article titled, "ANC: Freedom struggle" in the San Antonio Light discussing the struggles with securing permission to visit South Africa and Nelson Mandela's recent visit to the United States.
Date: July 23, 1990
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: 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
Partner: Private Collection of Mario Marcel Salas

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

Description: Newspaper clippings 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: 1991
Creator: Smith, Richard
Partner: Private Collection of Mario Marcel Salas

[Clipping: Lawmaker, opponent of MLK bill square off]

Description: Newspaper clippings of the article, "Lawmaker, opponent of MLK bill square off" in San Antonio Express-News, discussing a heated exchange between David Martin and state representative Keith Oakley over the bill to make Martin Luther King Jr. Day an officially recognized state holiday.
Date: May 14, 1991
Creator: Smith, Richard
Partner: Private Collection of Mario Marcel Salas

[Clipping: It's time to honor King with holiday]

Description: Newspaper clipping of the article, "It's time to honor King with holiday," in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram discussing the State Senate bill to make Martin Luther King, Jr. Day a paid holiday for state employees and urging the Texas House of Representatives to also pass the bill.
Date: April 13, 1991
Partner: Private Collection of Mario Marcel Salas

[Clipping: African American Leaders Demand MLK Holiday]

Description: 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.
Date: May 16, 1991
Creator: Adams, Ronald
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: Senate approves day honoring King]

Description: Newspaper clipping of the article, "Senate approves day honoring King," announcing the passage of the bill to make Martin Luther King, Jr. Day an official state holiday in the State Senate. The article includes details on several other bills which were also passed recently.
Date: April 12, 1991
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: Senate bill permits tickets for serious misdemeanors]

Description: Newspaper clipping of the article, "Senate bill permits tickets for serious misdemeanors," in the San Antonio Express-News, discussing several bills being discussed in the Texas Senate, including a revision of tobacco laws, making Martin Luther King, Jr. Day an official holiday, and a bill which would allow police officers to issues tickets people charged with certain classes of misdemeanors rather than booking them into jail.
Date: May 10, 1991
Creator: Fuentes, Diana R. & Smith, Richard
Partner: Private Collection of Mario Marcel Salas

[Clipping: Area ANC members, black leaders rejoice]

Description: Newspaper clipping of the article, "Area ANC members, black leaders rejoice," in the San Antonio Express-News discussing the release of Nelson Mandela from prison. Several community leaders shared reactions of joy at his release, and Mario Marcel Salas and Rick Marshall-Greene both state the continued need to sanctions against South Africa.
Date: February 12, 1990
Creator: Bonavita, Fred
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

[Clipping: East Side leaders slam candidates]

Description: Newspaper clipping of the article, "East Side leaders slam candidates," in the San Antonio Express-News discussing the Organizations United for East Side Development non-endorsement of either candidates for president, Ronald Reagan and President Carter, or the democratic incumbent for Bexar County Tax Assessor-Collector, Ben Shaw. The article includes details of Easter L. Clausen's firings from Shaw's office and the other discrimination suits filed against Shaw.
Date: October 26, 1980
Creator: Bersano, Bob
Partner: Private Collection of Mario Marcel Salas
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