[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: Civil Rights Activists Calls for MKL Holiday] (open access)

[Clipping: Civil Rights Activists Calls for MKL Holiday]

Newspaper clipping of the article, "Civil Rights Activists Calls for MKL Holiday" in NOKOA - The Observer, discussing Mario Marcel Salas' address to the Texas State Senate Public Affairs Committee in support of a bill to officially recognized Martin Luther King, Jr. Day as a paid state holiday.
Date: March 22, 1991
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Elizabeth M. Burba, December 11, 1964] (open access)

[Letter from Elizabeth M. Burba, December 11, 1964]

Letter from Elizabeth M. Burba, executive director of the Texas Civil Liberties Union, addressed to "Fellow Citizen" announcing the official formation of the Texas state affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union.
Date: December 11, 1964
Creator: Burba, Elizabeth M.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Speech at University of Texas-Austin against Israel Invasion of Lebanon (open access)

Speech at University of Texas-Austin against Israel Invasion of Lebanon

Notes for a speech given at the University of Texas at Austin against Israel's invasion of Lebanon. The speaker is from the executive committee of Organizations United for Eastside Development, and is most likely Mario Salas. The speech discusses the racial discrimination in the United States and compares Israel's treatment of Palestinians to South Africa under apartheid.
Date: 1982?
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Julia Kooken to John and Jo Stanford, March 23, 1964] (open access)

[Letter from Julia Kooken to John and Jo Stanford, March 23, 1964]

Letter from Julia Kooken to John and Jo Stanford discussing a plan to flood the office of Ross Barnett with checks made out to a memorial fund for the family of Medgar Evers. The fund will support the Evers family while allowing Americans to express their position regarding Medgar Evers' death. There is a handwritten note at the bottom of the typed letter asking John and Jo to forgive the carbon copy and a list of other people Kooken sent the letter to.
Date: March 23, 1964
Creator: Kooken, Julia
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John W. Stanford to Elizabeth M. Burba, February 15, 1967] (open access)

[Letter from John W. Stanford to Elizabeth M. Burba, February 15, 1967]

Letter from John W. Stanford to Elizabeth M. Burba, the executive director of the Texas Civil Liberties Union, discussing two letters from Frank Burnett which describe some possible infringements on his civil liberties.
Date: February 15, 1967
Creator: Stanford, John W., Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photo of Mario Salas and John Stockwell]

Photograph of Mario Salas (right), John Stockwell (center), and an unknown third man. The back of the photo reads, "Mario Salas - far right, John Stockwell - center, UTA Austin - speakers at rally & program against Israel's Invasion of Lebanon 1982."
Date: 1982
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
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: African American [..] MLK Holiday] (open access)

[Clipping: African American [..] MLK Holiday]

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
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: King Day receives tentative House OK] (open access)

[Clipping: King Day receives tentative House OK]

Newspaper clipping of the article, "King Day receives tentative House OK," in the San Antonio Light discussing an informal vote on the bill to recognized Martin Luther King, Jr. Day as a paid holiday for state employees.
Date: May 23, 1991
Creator: San Antonio Light
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Maury Maverick, Jr. to James Barlow and Waggoner Carr, March 8, 1965] (open access)

[Letter from Maury Maverick, Jr. to James Barlow and Waggoner Carr, March 8, 1965]

Letter from Maury Maverick, Jr. to James Barlow and Waggoner Carr stating that John W. Stanford, Jr.'s papers had not been returned to him as ordered by the court and requesting that Barlow and Carr return Stanford's missing papers and pay the court costs as ordered by the court. The letter was copied to the Office of the Clerk of the United States Supreme Court, John W. Stanford, Jr., Solomon Casseb, and Mel Wulf.
Date: March 8, 1965
Creator: Maverick, Maury, Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Kinko's Fax From S. Matabane to Rev. Hector Grant, July 10, 1990] (open access)

[Kinko's Fax From S. Matabane to Rev. Hector Grant, July 10, 1990]

Kinko's fax cover sheet and fax checklist for a fax sent from S. Matabane to Rev. Hector Grant. The special instructions on the fax sheet read, "Bio for Mrs. Shope-Mafole."
Date: July 10, 1990
Creator: Matabane, S.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Brandoch I. Lovely and Elizabeth M. Burba to San Antonio American Civil Liberties Union Members, February 26, 1965] (open access)

[Letter from Brandoch I. Lovely and Elizabeth M. Burba to San Antonio American Civil Liberties Union Members, February 26, 1965]

Letter from Brandoch I. Lovely and Elizabeth M. Burba, the state president and executive director of the Texas Civil Liberties Union, to the San Antonio members of the American Civil Liberties Union announcing a meeting on March 10 at the First Unitarian Church to about forming a San Antonio Civil Liberties Union.
Date: February 26, 1965
Creator: Lovely, Brandoch I.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Carl Broden to Mario Salas, April 28, 1971] (open access)

[Letter from Carl Broden to Mario Salas, April 28, 1971]

Letter from Carl Broden to Mario Salas discussing Salas's invitation to Broden and Virgiania Collins to speak in San Antonio. Broden shares his travel plans and requests that Salas coordinates with Don W. Allford in Austin to schedule Collins and Broden's events.
Date: April 28, 1971
Creator: Broden, Carl
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
[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 John W. Stanford to Elizabeth M. Burba, January 3, 1965] (open access)

[Letter from John W. Stanford to Elizabeth M. Burba, January 3, 1965]

Letter from John W. Stanford to Elizabeth M. Burba stating he largely agrees with the American Civil Liberties Union's [ACLU] principles but that he does not wish to be a member until the ACLU changes it's statement that Communism is a totalitarian doctrine.
Date: January 3, 1965
Creator: Stanford, John W., Jr.
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