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[Clipping: African American Leaders Demand MLK Holiday] (open access)

[Clipping: African American Leaders Demand MLK Holiday]

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
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Columbus-King holiday swap sparks ethnic groups' protest] (open access)

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

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
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Activist seeks holiday, or no Super Bowl] (open access)

[Clipping: Activist seeks holiday, or no Super Bowl]

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
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
DGS Newsletter, Volume 15, Number 1, January 1991 (open access)

DGS Newsletter, Volume 15, Number 1, January 1991

Newsletter of the Dallas Genealogical Society discussing membership, Society meetings, genealogical workshops and events, and other news of interest to members.
Date: January 1991
Creator: Dallas Genealogical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
DGS Newsletter, Volume 15, Number 2, February 1991 (open access)

DGS Newsletter, Volume 15, Number 2, February 1991

Newsletter of the Dallas Genealogical Society discussing membership, Society meetings, genealogical workshops and events, and other news of interest to members.
Date: February 1991
Creator: Dallas Genealogical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
DGS Newsletter, Volume 15, Number 3, March 1991 (open access)

DGS Newsletter, Volume 15, Number 3, March 1991

Newsletter of the Dallas Genealogical Society discussing membership, Society meetings, genealogical workshops and events, and other news of interest to members.
Date: March 1991
Creator: Dallas Genealogical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
DGS Newsletter, Volume 15, Number 4, April 1991 (open access)

DGS Newsletter, Volume 15, Number 4, April 1991

Newsletter of the Dallas Genealogical Society discussing membership, Society meetings, genealogical workshops and events, and other news of interest to members.
Date: April 1991
Creator: Dallas Genealogical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
DGS Newsletter, Volume 15, Number 5, May-June 1991 (open access)

DGS Newsletter, Volume 15, Number 5, May-June 1991

Newsletter of the Dallas Genealogical Society discussing membership, Society meetings, genealogical workshops and events, and other news of interest to members.
Date: May 1991
Creator: Dallas Genealogical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
DGS Newsletter, Volume 15, Number 6, July-August 1991 (open access)

DGS Newsletter, Volume 15, Number 6, July-August 1991

Newsletter of the Dallas Genealogical Society discussing membership, Society meetings, genealogical workshops and events, and other news of interest to members.
Date: July 1991
Creator: Dallas Genealogical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
DGS Newsletter, Volume 15, Number 7, September 1991 (open access)

DGS Newsletter, Volume 15, Number 7, September 1991

Newsletter of the Dallas Genealogical Society discussing membership, Society meetings, genealogical workshops and events, and other news of interest to members.
Date: September 1991
Creator: Dallas Genealogical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
DGS Newsletter, Volume 15, Number 8, October 1991 (open access)

DGS Newsletter, Volume 15, Number 8, October 1991

Newsletter of the Dallas Genealogical Society discussing membership, Society meetings, genealogical workshops and events, and other news of interest to members.
Date: October 1991
Creator: Dallas Genealogical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
DGS Newsletter, Volume 19, Number 9, November 1991 (open access)

DGS Newsletter, Volume 19, Number 9, November 1991

Newsletter of the Dallas Genealogical Society discussing membership, Society meetings, genealogical workshops and events, and other news of interest to members.
Date: November 1991
Creator: Dallas Genealogical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Flyer Announcing the 1991 Dallas Genealogical Society Membership Roster] (open access)

[Flyer Announcing the 1991 Dallas Genealogical Society Membership Roster]

Flyer announcing the Dallas Genealogical Society 1991 Membership Roster to be published on April 15, 1991. The flyer provides information about how to be included in the roster and how to pay membership dues for the year 1991.
Date: 1991~
Creator: Dallas Genealogical Society
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Bob Dean to Mario Marcel Salas, April 23, 1991] (open access)

[Letter from Bob Dean to Mario Marcel Salas, April 23, 1991]

Letter from Bob Dean to Mario Marcel Salas thanking Salas from his letter Mayor Kathryn J. Witmire urging support of a state holiday honoring Martin Luther King, Jr. and stating that Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is a paid holiday for the City of Houston.
Date: April 23, 1991
Creator: Dean, Bob
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Senate bill permits tickets for serious misdemeanors] (open access)

[Clipping: Senate bill permits tickets for serious misdemeanors]

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
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Boycott urged to force state King holiday #2] (open access)

[Clipping: Boycott urged to force state King holiday #2]

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.
Date: March 27, 1991
Creator: Garcia, James E.
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Boycott urged to force state King holiday #1] (open access)

[Clipping: Boycott urged to force state King holiday #1]

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
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Council [sc]raps VIA meeting] (open access)

[Clipping: Council [sc]raps VIA meeting]

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
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Jim Greenwood to Mario Marcel Salas, May 3, 1991] (open access)

[Letter from Jim Greenwood to Mario Marcel Salas, May 3, 1991]

Letter from Jim Greenwood to Mario Marcel Salas thanking Salas for sending Greenwood a copy of his letter to Mayor Whitmire urging the Houston City Council to make Martin Luther King, Jr. Day a paid, non-optional state holiday.
Date: May 3, 1991
Creator: Greenwood, Jim
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: VIA pressed to bypass Arizona meet] (open access)

[Clipping: VIA pressed to bypass Arizona meet]

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
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Eddie Bernice Johnson to Mario Marcel Salas, April 9, 1991] (open access)

[Letter from Eddie Bernice Johnson to Mario Marcel Salas, April 9, 1991]

Letter from Eddie Bernice Johnson to Mario Marcel Salas thanking Salas for a copy of his letter to Mayor Kathy Whitmire in support of Senate Bill 134, designating the third Monday in January Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
Date: April 9, 1991
Creator: Johnson, Eddie Bernice, 1934-
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Eddie Bernice Johnson to Mario Marcel Salas, April 9, 1991] -- copy (open access)

[Letter from Eddie Bernice Johnson to Mario Marcel Salas, April 9, 1991] -- copy

Letter from Eddie Bernice Johnson to Mario Marcel Salas thanking Salas for his letter in support of Senate Bill 134, designating the third Monday in January Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
Date: April 9, 1991
Creator: Johnson, Eddie Bernice, 1934-
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: King holiday gets initial House OK] (open access)

[Clipping: King holiday gets initial House OK]

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
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Program: Fifth Annual Celebration Martin Luther King, Jr.] (open access)

[Program: Fifth Annual Celebration Martin Luther King, Jr.]

Program for the Fifth Annual Celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. organized by the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial City-County Commission in San Antonio, Texas. The schedule events take place between January 12 and January 21, 1991 and the theme for 1991's celebration is "Non-Violence: A Time to Act...A Way to Live!"
Date: January 1991
Creator: Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial City-County Commisison
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History