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[Clipping: King holiday gets initial House OK]

Description: Newspaper clippings of the article, "King holiday gets initial House OK," in the Dallas Morning News, discussing the Texas House of Representatives passing of two bills, the first to make Martin Luther King, Jr. Day a paid holiday for state employees, and the second to lower the state tax on horse race wagering.
Date: May 23, 1991
Creator: Kilday, Anne Marie
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: Private Collection of Mario Marcel Salas

[Clipping: Tasmanian Genocide]

Description: Magazine clipping of a letter to the editor, "Tasmanian Genocide," discussing Salas's intentions to advocate for rights on behalf of the Tasmanian people and the letter he wrote to the United Nations requesting them to look into Australia's human rights abuses.
Date: June 1993
Creator: Salas, Mario Marcel
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: Private Collection of Mario Marcel Salas

[Clipping: Columbus-King holiday swap sparks ethnic groups' protest]

Description: Newspaper clipping of the article, "Columbus-King holiday swap sparks ethnic groups' protest" discussing the reaction of Hispanic and Italian-American cultural groups to the bill instituting Martin Luther King, Jr. Day as a paid holiday and eliminating Columbus Day as a paid holiday.
Date: May 28, 1991
Creator: Associated Press
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: Private Collection of Mario Marcel Salas

[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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: Private Collection of Mario Marcel Salas

The Indivisible Struggle Against Racism, Apartheid, and Colonialism

Description: Position paper of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee presented at the International Seminar on Racial Discrimination and Colonialism in South Africa, organized by the United Nations and the government of Zambia, in 1967. The paper discusses the similarities between the African liberation movement and Afro-Americans' struggles in the United States and the appendixes include past statements by SNCC condemning the United State's involvement in Vietnam and Chase Manhattan Bank's racially… more
Date: {1966-01-06,1967-06-13,1967-07-24}
Creator: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Item Type: Refine your search to only Paper
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: 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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: Private Collection of Mario Marcel Salas

[Clipping: Class hears militants from SNCC speak on 400 year Negro suffering]

Description: Newspaper clipping of the article, "Class hears militants from SNCC speak on 400 year Negro suffering," discussing a visit by members of the Student National Coordinating Committee to Clyde Bullion's sociology class. The article is illegible in places and there is a handwritten note, "Tex. State University 1969" at the bottom of the article.
Date: 1969
Creator: Smisek, Pam
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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