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[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
72nd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill No. 134 (open access)

72nd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill No. 134

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to establishing Martin Luther King, Jr. Day as a state holiday. This is a copy faxed to Rick Green, with the note "Mario Marcel Salas copy 5/27/91" written at the top of the second page.
Date: May 27, 1991
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John W. Stanford, Jr. to Melvin L. Wulf, September 27, 1963] (open access)

[Letter from John W. Stanford, Jr. to Melvin L. Wulf, September 27, 1963]

Letter from John W. Stanford, Jr. to Melvin L. Wulf discussing the possibility of Stanford being indicted under Texas anti-communist laws and requesting that Wulf refer him to a local attorney.
Date: September 27, 1963
Creator: Stanford, John W., Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John W. Stanford, Jr. to Rowland Watts, June 27, 1963] (open access)

[Letter from John W. Stanford, Jr. to Rowland Watts, June 27, 1963]

Letter from John W. Stanford, Jr. to Rowland Wattts discussing the federal charges filed against Stanford by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, the possibility of facing state level charges, and whether the American Civil Liberties Union is still willing to refer Stanford to a local attorney.
Date: June 27, 1963
Creator: Stanford, John W., Jr.
Object Type: Letter
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
[Search Warrant for John W. Stanford, Jr.'s Residence] (open access)

[Search Warrant for John W. Stanford, Jr.'s Residence]

Document authorizing the search of two white frame houses and a garage at 1118 West Rosewood in San Antonio, Texas under the control of John W. Stanford, Jr. and to take possession of any materials concerning the Communist Party of Texas. The order is unsigned.
Date: December 27, 1963
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Rosa Parks in the Columbia Airport]

Photograph of Rosa Parks sitting in the Columbia, South Carolina airport with a younger woman standing next to her holding her hand. "Rosa Parks 1996, July 27 Columbia, S. C. airport passed on to me, Mario Salas, 3/30/2000" is written on the back of the photo.
Date: July 27, 1996
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
African-American News & Issues (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 34, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 27, 2006 (open access)

African-American News & Issues (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 34, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 27, 2006

Newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 27, 2006
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History