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[Mario, Edwina, and Angela Salas Inside Booth During Martin Luther King March]

Photograph of booths during a Martin Luther King March in San Antonio, Texas. The principal booth is that of Mario Salas, who is running for county commissioner. Mr. Salas stands underneath it wearing a green windbreaker. Edwina Salas, his wife, stands to the left while Angela Salas, a young girl in a vest and white shirt, stands to the right. Many other people are in attendance at other booths.
Date: January 2002
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mario Salas Leading Walk During Martin Luther King March]

Photograph of Mario Marcel Salas, San Antonio politician and civil rights leader, leading a walk during a Martin Luther King March. He wears a shirt advertising the event, a windbreaker, and holds a walkie-talkie on his left hand. A row of people are holding a large banner in the back.
Date: January 2002
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Salas Family Inside Booth During Martin Luther King March]

Photograph of Mario Marcel Salas, San Antonio politician and civil rights leader, inside a booth during a Martin Luther King March. He is joined by his wife, Edwina Salas, on the left, and Angela Salas, on the right.
Date: January 2002
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Sue Sende to Mario Marcel Salas - January 1, 1979] (open access)

[Letter from Sue Sende to Mario Marcel Salas - January 1, 1979]

Letter from journalist Sue Sende to Mario Marcel Salas of the Black Coalition on Mass Media. She writes to inform him of a recent publication - What's Behind the News? - she co-authored about media strategies and reform. A hand-written notation at the bottom of the letter requests that Mr. Salas send her information about the Black Coalition for research purposes taking place on the 2nd edition.
Date: January 1, 1979
Creator: Sende, Sue
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[List of Suggestions for KAPE Radio by the Black Coalition on Mass Media] (open access)

[List of Suggestions for KAPE Radio by the Black Coalition on Mass Media]

List of suggestions by the Black Coalition on Mass Media (BCMM) on the programming schedule of KAPE radio, a San Antonio-based radio station. Many of the proposals are meant to amend the grievances of the BCMM in regard to the station's treatment of the African-American community.
Date: January 1979
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Tommy Calvert to Jerry Moon - January 10, 1979] (open access)

[Letter from Tommy Calvert to Jerry Moon - January 10, 1979]

Letter from Tommy Calvert, research chairman of the Black Coalition on Mass Media (BCMM), to Jerry Moon, general manager of KAPE radio. He is sending the broadcasting station a few suggestions on how to best offer incentives to future employees who wish to remain in broadcasting.
Date: January 10, 1979
Creator: Calvert, Tommy
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard: The Purple Land]

Postcard inviting the recipient to visit exhibits of The Purple Land and Cultural Dialogue at the Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin, Texas. Both exhibits ran from January 16th, 1998 to February 28th, 1998.
Date: January 1998
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Flyer: Blood Beat] (open access)

[Flyer: Blood Beat]

Flyer for an exhibition of Hachivi Edgar's work, titled Blood Beat, running from January 19th, 1990 to February 24th, 1990 at the Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin, Texas. A photograph of an elderly man holding an infant is featured inside the front cover. The text underneath reads: "Wougim (Man of Blue Sky) born October 11th, 1989 and his grandfather Many Magpies - Charles Heap of Birds."
Date: 1990-01-19/1990-02-24
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invitation: Images] (open access)

[Invitation: Images]

Invitation to an event at Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin, Texas about Imagenes, a book of Spanish poetry by Sue Littleton, with a presentation by Nestor Lugones. The event was held Tuesday, January 23rd, 1990 and was sponsored by several organizations.
Date: January 1990
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Flyer: Galisteo Campfire] (open access)

[Flyer: Galisteo Campfire]

Flyer advertising Galisteo Campfire, a series of events at the Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin, Texas. The events were held on January 19th, 20th, 25th, and 27th of 1990.
Date: January 1990
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Flyer: The Shadow Box] (open access)

[Flyer: The Shadow Box]

Flyer advertising "The Shadow Box", a production presented by Theatre Eklektos and held at the Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin Texas in January and February of 1991. The cover of the flyer features a geometric depiction of a box in black, with blank space within it forming the shape of a chair. A shadow cast from the box features the title in blank space, reading "The Shadow Box." The remainder of the flyer is devoted to advertisements from local businesses.
Date: 1991-01/1991-02
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Links Chapter Documentation: Newspaper copy item about Jackson, Mississippi chapter of The Links, Inc.] (open access)

[Links Chapter Documentation: Newspaper copy item about Jackson, Mississippi chapter of The Links, Inc.]

Unpublished newspaper copy for an article to be headlined "Black Civic Groups Wants [sic] to Honor Veteran Journalist" about the efforts of the Jackson, Mississippi chapter of The Links, Inc. to raise funds to assist Hazel Brannon Smith. Smith was a publisher and journalist who won a Pulitzer Prize for her editorials in support of the civil rights movement, a stance which resulted in her ostracism from local white society and her newspaper's eventual bankruptcy. Aaronetta Pierce (referred to here as A. M. Pierce) passed this unpublished copy of the article on to Margaret Winn, president of the San Antonio chapter. Includes handwritten notes.
Date: January 31, 1986
Creator: Gonzalez, Henry B. (Henry Barbosa), 1916-2000 & Andrews, Thelma
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Margaret Winn, Vernis Hudgins, and Clarice Jackson to Ed Glosson - January 8, 1986] (open access)

[Letter from Margaret Winn, Vernis Hudgins, and Clarice Jackson to Ed Glosson - January 8, 1986]

Letter from Margaret Winn, Vernis Hudgins, and Clarice Jackson to Ed Glosson, the editor and publisher of the San Antonio Register, thanking him for his newspaper's coverage of the 25th Anniversary Celebration of the San Antonio chapter of The Links, Inc.
Date: January 8, 1986
Creator: Links, Inc. San Antonio Chapter.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Margaret Winn and Vernis Hudgins to The Groos National Bank - January 8, 1986] (open access)

[Letter from Margaret Winn and Vernis Hudgins to The Groos National Bank - January 8, 1986]

Letter from Margaret Winn and Vernis Hudgins to The Groos National Bank thanking them for their financial contributions to the 25th Anniversary Celebration of the San Antonio chapter of The Links, Inc.
Date: January 8, 1986
Creator: Links, Inc. San Antonio Chapter.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Margaret Winn and Vernis Hudgins to Robert Herd - January 28, 1986] (open access)

[Letter from Margaret Winn and Vernis Hudgins to Robert Herd - January 28, 1986]

Letter from Margaret Winn and Vernis Hudgins to Robert Herd of the Coats & Clark Thread Company thanking them for donating sixty sewing kits to the San Antonio chapter of The Links, Inc. in celebration of their 25th anniversary.
Date: January 8, 1986
Creator: Links, Inc. San Antonio Chapter.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Margaret Winn to Parents of Project LEAD Participants - January 7, 1987] (open access)

[Letter from Margaret Winn to Parents of Project LEAD Participants - January 7, 1987]

Letter from Margaret Winn to parents of Project LEAD participants at S. H. Gates Elementary School and Martin Luther King Middle School thanking them for allowing their children to participate in a community service project sponsored by the San Antonio chapter of The Links, Inc. Winners of the student poster contest have been selected and will collaborate with a local artist to reproduce their designs on parade banners. Winn would like the parents of the winners to grant the chapter permission to oversee these efforts.
Date: January 7, 1987
Creator: Links, Inc. San Antonio Chapter.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Blank Form: Parental Permission Form] (open access)

[Blank Form: Parental Permission Form]

Blank form used by the San Antonio chapter of The Links, Inc. to receive permission from the parents of students at S. H. Gates Elementary School. The chapter would like students to participate in a workshop they are sponsoring.
Date: January 1987
Creator: Links, Inc. San Antonio Chapter.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Links Chapter Documentation: Report to Members, January 1987] (open access)

[Links Chapter Documentation: Report to Members, January 1987]

Report to members of the San Antonio chapter of The Links, Inc. The first part of the report thanks members for their participation over the past year and exhorts uninvolved members to increase their participation in chapter activities. The second part of the report reviews the chapter's major accomplishments over the past year, including efforts to educate youth about the dangers of substance abuse.
Date: January 8, 1987
Creator: Links, Inc. San Antonio Chapter.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Faye Barksdale to Link Sister - January 18, 1997] (open access)

[Letter from Faye Barksdale to Link Sister - January 18, 1997]

Letter from Faye Barksdale to chapters of The Links, Inc. in Texas requesting their membership rosters. The Mid Cities Texas Chapter will host the Texas Cluster meeting in April and needs the membership rosters in order to send out invitations.
Date: January 18, 1997
Creator: Barksdale, Faye
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Memorandum from Donna Muslin to Executive Director or Volutneer Coordinator - Non-Profit, Charitable (501-C-3 Organizations - January 24, 1997] (open access)

[Memorandum from Donna Muslin to Executive Director or Volutneer Coordinator - Non-Profit, Charitable (501-C-3 Organizations - January 24, 1997]

Memorandum from Donna Muslin to the executive director or volunteer coordinator of a nonprofit or charitable organization. This form letter from Muslin explains the guidelines of a charity shopping day that the J. C. Penney store is hosting. Muslin has also included the tickets to the event that each organization ordered with the letter.
Date: January 24, 1997
Creator: Muslin, Donna
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Lisa Duncan to Barbara Lawrence - January 19, 1997] (open access)

[Letter from Lisa Duncan to Barbara Lawrence - January 19, 1997]

Letter from Lisa Duncan to Barbara Lawrence thanking the San Antonio chapter of The Links, Inc. for giving her a savings bond.
Date: January 19, 1997
Creator: Duncan, Lisa
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from  Laura Ross Miller to Barbara Lawrence - January 24, 1997] (open access)

[Letter from Laura Ross Miller to Barbara Lawrence - January 24, 1997]

Letter from Laura Ross Miller to Barbara Lawrence informing her that The Links Foundation has received a deposit from the San Antonio chapter of The Links, Inc. She also includes a list of expenditure guidelines for nonprofit organizations.
Date: January 24, 1997
Creator: Miller, Laura Ross
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Thelma Rice to Mary H. Langford - January 13, 1992] (open access)

[Letter from Thelma Rice to Mary H. Langford - January 13, 1992]

Letter from Thelma Rice to Mary H. Langford stating that she received Langford's letter about the appropriateness of The Links, Inc. holding an expensive gala during a time of economic hardship. Although she understands Langford's concerns, the gala is a tradition for which planning began several years ago. She is not sure whether plans for the gala can be altered at this point but will make sure her concerns are discussed with the national director.
Date: January 13, 1992
Creator: Rice, Thelma
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Thelma Rice to Sister Links - January 21, 1992] (open access)

[Letter from Thelma Rice to Sister Links - January 21, 1992]

Letter from Thelma Rice to members of The Links, Inc. in the western United States. Rice has enclosed three important documents to be shared among the members of every chapter: the new Western Area Handbook, the revised and updated Western Area By-Laws, and a copy of Rice's reply to a letter about concerns related to expenditures for a gala at the upcoming National Assembly.
Date: January 21, 1992
Creator: Rice, Thelma
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History