[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
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
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John W. Stanford to Melvin L. Wulf, January 23, 1965] (open access)

[Letter from John W. Stanford to Melvin L. Wulf, January 23, 1965]

Letter from John W. Stanford to Melvin L. Wulf expressing his thanks for the American Civil Liberties Union's involvement in his case and sharing the court's decision.
Date: January 23, 1965
Creator: Stanford, John W., Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mario Marcel Salas to Loretta Parham, March 23, 2014] (open access)

[Letter from Mario Marcel Salas to Loretta Parham, March 23, 2014]

Letter from Mario Marcel Salas to Loretta Parham discussing several enclosed documents related to efforts to get Texas to pass a King Bill.
Date: March 23, 2014
Creator: Salas, Mario Marcel
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John W. Stanford to Maury Maverick, Jr., January 23, 1965] (open access)

[Letter from John W. Stanford to Maury Maverick, Jr., January 23, 1965]

Letter from John W. Stanford to Maury Maverick, Jr. discussing the verdict in Stanford's court case and thanking Maverick for his work on the case. Stanford also discusses the possible implications of the decision and his hope that the "climate of repression" in Texas will lessen.
Date: January 23, 1965
Creator: Stanford, John W., Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History