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[Mailgram Letter from Mario Marcel Salas to Sam Sitterle and Tom Poe - April 9, 1982]
Mailgram letter from Mario Marcel Salas, president of the Black Coalition on Mass Media (BCMM), to Sam Sitterle and Tom Poe. It would seem that both Sam and Tom were associated with the removal of two important radio programs from the air. Mr. Salas writes to respectfully request that both be reinstated, especially with the long history shared between Mr. Salas, BCMM, and KAPE radio, dating back to 1974.
Date:
April 9, 1982
Creator:
Salas, Mario Marcel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mario Marcel Salas - March 11, 1975]
Letter from Mario Marcel Salas, president of the Black Coalition on Mass Media (BCMM), to the president of an unidentified organization. He is writing to invite the president to speak at an event taking place at Pittman-Sullivan Park during Easter Sunday, where, along with other members of the BCMM, he plans on rallying support for various local issues. Among them is a dispute with KAPE radio, which has been criticized for lacking programming that adequately represents the black community.
Date:
March 11, 1975
Creator:
Salas, Mario Marcel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Roberto R. Anguiano to Media Outlets - October 28, 1974]
Letter from Roberto R. Anguiano, project coordinator at the Bilingual Bicultural Coalition on Mass Media. As an ally and close partner with the Black Coalition on Mass Media (BCMM), Anguiano has sent out a notice of an upcoming news conference held by the BCMM to discuss their reasons behind denying local San Antonio radio station - KAPE radio - a license renewal.
Date:
October 28, 1974
Creator:
Anguiano, Roberto R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Black Coalition on Mass Media Minutes - July 16, 1978]
Typed minutes for a July 1978 meeting of the Black Coalition on Mass Media (BCMM). It gives information on topics discusses, members in attendance, and other pertinent details.
Date:
July 16, 1978
Creator:
McCullen, Joyce
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Fredric A. Weiss to SAMC Board - August 20, 1980]
Letter from Fredric a. Weiss to the San Antonio Media Center (SAMC) board. The letter reads as a summary of activities which have taken place with an organization of high school students interested in careers in the media. He discusses bake sales, television programs, and other activities they have performed.
Date:
August 20, 1980
Creator:
Weiss, Fredric A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from National Citizens Committee for Broadcasting to Public]
Letter sent out to public by the National Citizens Committee for Broadcasting (NCCB). It warns of an impending plan by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to lift large restrictions on radio broadcasts. The NCCB criticizes the move as miscalculated and provides a list of ways in which local audiences can prevent the FCC.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mario Marcel Salas to the American Civil Liberties Union]
Letter from Mario Marcel Salas of the Organizations United for Eastside Development (OUED) to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). The letter formally requests the help of the ACLU in preventing the acquittal of two security guards who murdered Webb Eugene Boyd.
Date:
1979
Creator:
Salas, Mario Marcel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mario Marcel Salas to the Mexican American Legal Defense Fund]
Letter from Mario Marcel Salas of the Organizations United for Eastside Development (OUED) to the Mexican American Legal Defense Fund (MALDEF). The letter formally requests the help of MALDEF in preventing the acquittal of two security guards who murdered Webb Eugene Boyd. Specifically, he asks for a MALDEF attorney.
Date:
1979
Creator:
Salas, Mario Marcel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mario Marcel Salas to Executive Committee - January 3, 1980]
Letter from Mario Marcel Salas of Organizations United for Eastside Development (OUED) to an executive committee. He discusses an anti-Ku Klux Klan march in the works; its potential benefits and drawbacks; and its organizer, Antonio Cabral, who has antagonized other civil rights organizations, including the OUED.
Date:
January 3, 1980
Creator:
Salas, Mario Marcel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Organizations United for Eastside Development]
Letter from Organizations United for Eastside Development to an unidentified recipient. The letter discusses the organization's purpose and composition, but stops just short of delving into other matters as its second page is missing.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John H. Sanders and Mario Marcel Salas to Benjamin Hooks - 1979]
Letter from John H. Sanders and Mario Marcel Salas of Organizations United for Eastside Development to Benjamin Hooks, president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). They are writing to request that a member of the national board - S. L. Deckard - be expelled for his support of Fred Semaan. An attorney by trade, Mr. Semaan provided the defense for two security guards charged with the voluntary manslaughter of Webb Eugene Boyd, whose murder was seen by many members of the San Antonio community as racially motivated.
Date:
1979
Creator:
Sanders, John H. & Salas, Mario Marcel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from OUED to Cilvil Rights Division Director - March 7, 1981]
Letter from the Organizations United for Eastside Development (OUED) to the Civil Rights Division Director at the United States Department of Justice. The OUED was prompted to write the letter after their president, John H. Sanders Jr., was accused of communist leanings. The letter is sent to the Department of Justice to inquire on the specious statement, which they believe is meant to discredit their civil rights advocacy efforts.
Date:
March 7, 1981
Creator:
Organizations United for Eastside Development
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from OUED to Danny Garcia - February 7, 1981]
Letter from Organizations United for Eastside Development (OUED) to Danny Garcia, staff writer at San Antonio Light. They are writing to ask for a formal retraction on a statement written by Mr. Garcia, quoting T. C. Calvert as the founder of their organization. They claim OUED was founded by multiple individuals, contrary to Mr. Calvert's quote.
Date:
February 7, 1981
Creator:
Organizations United for Eastside Development
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John H. Sanders to Henry B. Gonzalez - July 13, 1979]
Letter from John H. Sanders, president of Organizations United for Eastside Development (OUED), to congressman Henry B. Gonzalez. The letter was written as a follow-up, and as a request for help, after Sanders met Gonzalez in Washington D. C. over problems brewing in the San Antonio community. It would seem that the City Manager and members of its staff made concerted efforts to undermine urban development, community centers, and other services that would have been beneficial to San Antonio's marginalized ethnic communities.
Date:
July 13, 1979
Creator:
Sanders, John H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Finnis E. Jolly to Thomas E. Huebner - August 22, 1979]
Letter from Finnis E. Jolly, area manager of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, to Thomas E. Huebner, city manager of San Antonio. Jolly's letter is in response to some of Huebner's questions, as well as a reminder that funds given to the Barbara Jordan Community Center must be reimbursed because of its low priority; otherwise, Jolly will take the proper course of action.
Date:
August 22, 1979
Creator:
Jolly, Finnis E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Drew S. Days to OUED Members - August 29, 1979]
Letter from Drew S. Days III, Assistant Attorney General of the Civil Rights Division, to John H. Sanders, Mario Marcel Salas, and Rick Green of Organizations United for Eastside Development (OUED). The letter is in reply to their allegation of fraud in the trial of Webb Boyd, whose murder was believed to have been racially motivated. Mr. Days assures them that correct action will be taken if their allegations are found to be true.
Date:
August 29, 1979
Creator:
Days, Drew S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from OUED to Roy Barrera - May 30, 1979]
Letter from a member of Organizations United for Eastside Development (OUED) to Assistant District Attorney Roy Barrera. As prosecutor in the trail of Webb Eugene Boyd, Mr. Barrera was responsible for charging two police officers with the voluntary manslaughter of Mr. Boyd. OUED is writing to congratulate the attorney's work, which they see as a stepping stone in relieving racist relations in San Antonio.
Date:
May 30, 1979
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from S. Marcus Jahns to T. C. Calvert - June 15, 1979]
Letter from S. Marcus Jahns, director of Budget and Research Department, to T. C. Calvert of Organizations United for Eastside Development (OUED). The letter was sent a status report on a proposed government project, the Barbara Jordan Community Center. News include the reallocation of five hundred thousand dollars to the Center and an upcoming meeting with the project architect.
Date:
June 15, 1979
Creator:
Jahns, S. Marcus
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Serge Mukendi to Mario Marcel Salas - October 30, 1980]
Letter from Serge Mukendi, United States Representative of the Congolese National Liberation Front, to Mario Marcel Salas, officer of Organizations United for Eastside Development (OUED). The letter is a follow-up from a previous request to know more about Mr. Mukendi's organization.
Date:
October 30, 1980
Creator:
Mukendi, Serge
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Alfred Castellano, Edward R. Day, Keith L. Charlton to John Saunders - March 23, 1981]
Letter from Alfred Castellano, Edward R. Day, and Keith L. Charlton Jr. to John Saunders at Organizations United for Eastside Development (OUED). The men are writing in response to a complaint filed by OUED concerning an unnamed indiscretion by an EMS Technician. They inform Mr. Saunders that proper action has been taken and that further recommendations were given to the Fire Chief.
Date:
March 23, 1981
Creator:
Castellano, Alfred; Day, Edward R. & Charlton, Keith L., Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Bill M. White to John Sanders - September 22, 1981]
Letter from Bill M. White, criminal district attorney from San Antonio, to John Sanders, president of Organizations United for Eastside Development. The letter is a confirmation that a proper course of action is in the works in regards to an incident mentioned by Mr. Sanders in a previous letter. It would seem that the incident had something to do with a mass riot and possible violent attacks.
Date:
September 22, 1981
Creator:
White, Bill M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Lou Nelle Sutton to John Sanders - August 28, 1981]
Letter from Lou Nelle Sutton from the House of Representatives to John Sanders, president of Organizations United for Eastside and Development. She thanks him for his concern over a plaque that bore her name and the names of board members in the Bexar County Cancer Center.
Date:
August 28, 1981
Creator:
Sutton, G. J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mario Marcel Salas to Dan McKinnon - August 10, 1982]
Letter from Mario Marcel Salas, public information officer of Organizations United for Eastside Development, to Dan McKinnon, chairperson of Civil Aeronautics Board. Mr. Salas has written to request that South African Airways be denied permission to land in Houston in light of South Africa's civil rights violations and treatment of black South Africans.
Date:
August 10, 1982
Creator:
Salas, Mario Marcel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mario Marcel Salas, John Sanders, and Rick Greene to United States Department of Justice - March 13, 1982]
Mailgram letter from Mario Marcel Salas, Rick Greene, and John H. Sanders from Organizations United for Eastside Development to the civil rights division at the United States Department of Justice. The organization leaders are writing to request an investigation into an incident between Amtrak security personnel and Charlene Mitchell and Mike Welch, who were allegedly drugged, attacked, and charged with public drunkenness.
Date:
March 13, 1982
Creator:
Salas, Mario Marcel; Sanders, John H. & Greene, Rick
System:
The Portal to Texas History