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.

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.

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.

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.