[Clipping: African American Leaders Demand MLK Holiday] (open access)

[Clipping: African American Leaders Demand MLK Holiday]

Newspaper clipping of the article, "African American Leaders Demand MLK Holiday" in NOKOA: The Observer discussing a recent meeting between House Speaker Gib Lewis and several elected officials and community leaders, including Frank Tejada, Ron Wilson, and Mario Salas, regarding the bill to make Martin Luther King, Jr. Day an official state holiday.
Date: May 16, 1991
Creator: Adams, Ronald
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
Findings and Recommendations: A Report From the Police Advisory Review Committee to the City Manager (open access)

Findings and Recommendations: A Report From the Police Advisory Review Committee to the City Manager

Report from the Police Advisory and Review Committee containing their findings and recommendations to the City Manager of San Antonio, Texas. The committee reviewed San Antonio's current police review and disciplinary process, evaluate other cities' review procedures, and to review the United States Department of Justice report, "Police Brutality Study, FY 1985-1990."
Date: December 7, 1992
Creator: Arellano, Roberto C.; Contreras, Jose António; Frost, Tom C.; Hilliard, Robert L. M.; Lott, Evelyn T. & Truchard, Mildred
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Columbus-King holiday swap sparks ethnic groups' protest] (open access)

[Clipping: Columbus-King holiday swap sparks ethnic groups' protest]

Newspaper clipping of the article, "Columbus-King holiday swap sparks ethnic groups' protest" discussing the reaction of Hispanic and Italian-American cultural groups to the bill instituting Martin Luther King, Jr. Day as a paid holiday and eliminating Columbus Day as a paid holiday.
Date: May 28, 1991
Creator: Associated Press
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Area ANC members, black leaders rejoice] (open access)

[Clipping: Area ANC members, black leaders rejoice]

Newspaper clipping of the article, "Area ANC members, black leaders rejoice," in the San Antonio Express-News discussing the release of Nelson Mandela from prison. Several community leaders shared reactions of joy at his release, and Mario Marcel Salas and Rick Marshall-Greene both state the continued need to sanctions against South Africa.
Date: February 12, 1990
Creator: Bonavita, Fred
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Freedom fighter eludes definition] (open access)

[Clipping: Freedom fighter eludes definition]

Newspaper clipping of the editorial, "Freedom fighter eludes definition" in the San Antonio Light discussing America's involvement in violent revolutions in Nicaragua and Afghanistan and who is considered a freedom fighter by the American public. Cavazos also discusses the American general public's discomfort with Nelson Mandela's ties to Arafat, Castro, and Gadhafi and his refusal to disavow violence as an option in the fight to end apartheid in South Africa.
Date: July 22, 1990
Creator: Cavazos, R. Daniel
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Activist seeks holiday, or no Super Bowl] (open access)

[Clipping: Activist seeks holiday, or no Super Bowl]

Newspaper clipping of the article "Activist seeks holiday, or no Super Bowl" in the San Antonio Light. The article discusses the plans of Mario Salas to request the National Football League boycott Texas as a potential Super Bowl location if the state does not make Martin Luther King, Jr. Day an official holiday.
Date: March 28, 1991
Creator: Chapin, David
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[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
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: S. Africa benefit set for today] (open access)

[Clipping: S. Africa benefit set for today]

Newspaper clipping of the article, "S. Africa benefit set for today," the San Antonio Light discussing the San Antonio Mandela Project's benefit to raise funds to buy food, medicine, and clothes for displaced South Africans.
Date: July 22, 1990
Creator: Delgado, Luz
Object Type: Clipping
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
[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: 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: S. African blacks must fight oppression, ANC member says] (open access)

[Clipping: S. African blacks must fight oppression, ANC member says]

Newspaper clipping of the article, "S. African blacks must fight oppression, ANC member says," in the San Antonio Express-News discussing Lyndall Shope-Mafole's speech at a Sunday evening service celebrating Nelson Mandela's release from prison. The cited attendance number, "over 200" is underlined in blue ink and has an arrow from it to a handwritten note reading, "700."
Date: July 23, 1990
Creator: Garcia, Victor J.
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Part II: Plan for Retirement Now] (open access)

[Clipping: Part II: Plan for Retirement Now]

Newspaper clipping of the from the San Antonio Register, including the nameplate of the newspaper and a portion of the article, "Part II: Plan for Retirement Now." The article discusses the downsides of relying on social security and employers' pension plans and urges readers to begin saving independently.
Date: June 28, 1990
Creator: Glosson, Jacqueline
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Council [sc]raps VIA meeting] (open access)

[Clipping: Council [sc]raps VIA meeting]

Newspaper clippings of the article, "Council [sc]raps VIA meeting" in the San Antonio Express-News discussing a non-binding resolution passed by the San Antonio City Council urging VIA staffers not to attend a training conference in Tempe, Arizona because of Arizona's vote against a Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. The article also states the purpose and costs of attending the conference.
Date: January 4, 1991
Creator: Gonzalez, Susie Phillips
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Jim Greenwood to Mario Marcel Salas, May 3, 1991] (open access)

[Letter from Jim Greenwood to Mario Marcel Salas, May 3, 1991]

Letter from Jim Greenwood to Mario Marcel Salas thanking Salas for sending Greenwood a copy of his letter to Mayor Whitmire urging the Houston City Council to make Martin Luther King, Jr. Day a paid, non-optional state holiday.
Date: May 3, 1991
Creator: Greenwood, Jim
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: VIA pressed to bypass Arizona meet] (open access)

[Clipping: VIA pressed to bypass Arizona meet]

Newspaper clippings of the article, "VIA pressed to bypass Arizona meet," in the San Antonio Light discussing community efforts urging VIA Metropolitan Transit to boycott an Arizona transit conference due to Arizona's rejection of adopting Martin Luther King, Jr. Day as an official holiday.
Date: January 4, 1991
Creator: Hagerty, Vaugn & McAuliffe, Suzanne
Object Type: Clipping
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 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
[Clipping: King holiday gets initial House OK] (open access)

[Clipping: King holiday gets initial House OK]

Newspaper clippings of the article, "King holiday gets initial House OK," in the Dallas Morning News, discussing the Texas House of Representatives passing of two bills, the first to make Martin Luther King, Jr. Day a paid holiday for state employees, and the second to lower the state tax on horse race wagering.
Date: May 23, 1991
Creator: Kilday, Anne Marie
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: ANC battle for liberty is for all, official says] (open access)

[Clipping: ANC battle for liberty is for all, official says]

Newspaper clipping of the article, "ANC battle for liberty is for all, official says," in the San Antonio Light discussing Lyndall Shope-Mafole's address to the benefit organized by the San Antonio Mandela Project.
Date: July 23, 1990
Creator: López, Nora
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Program: Fifth Annual Celebration Martin Luther King, Jr.] (open access)

[Program: Fifth Annual Celebration Martin Luther King, Jr.]

Program for the Fifth Annual Celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. organized by the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial City-County Commission in San Antonio, Texas. The schedule events take place between January 12 and January 21, 1991 and the theme for 1991's celebration is "Non-Violence: A Time to Act...A Way to Live!"
Date: January 1991
Creator: Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial City-County Commisison
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: 800 marchers rally, protest King verdict] (open access)

[Clipping: 800 marchers rally, protest King verdict]

Newspaper clipping of the article, "800 marchers rally, protest King verdict," in the San Antonio Express-News discussing the rally in San Antonio to protest the Rodney King verdict. The protest was organized by Frontline 2000 and the article discusses the demands of the group regarding police reform and monetary investment in black communities.
Date: May 17, 1992
Creator: Martinez, Rolando
Object Type: Clipping
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
[Memo: Relocation of the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Namibia to the United Nations] (open access)

[Memo: Relocation of the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Namibia to the United Nations]

Memo announcing the relocation of the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Namibia to the United Nations to 135 East 36th Street will take effect on September 1, 1990 and that the telephone and fax numbers will remain the same.
Date: August 22, 1990
Creator: Permanent Mission of the Republic of Namibia
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History