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[Clipping: African American Leaders Demand MLK Holiday]

Description: 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
Partner: Private Collection of Mario Marcel Salas

[Clipping: African American [..] MLK Holiday]

Description: Newspaper clipping of the article, "African American [..] MLK Holiday" discussing the passage of a Texas Senate bill to make Martin Luther King, Jr. Day an official holiday in Texas. The article includes a photo of Mario Salas, who was one of the civil rights leaders advocating for the bill.
Date: 199X-05-10
Creator: Adams, Ronald
Partner: Private Collection of Mario Marcel Salas

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

Description: 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
Partner: Private Collection of Mario Marcel Salas

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

Description: 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
Partner: Private Collection of Mario Marcel Salas

[Clipping: East Side leaders slam candidates]

Description: Newspaper clipping of the article, "East Side leaders slam candidates," in the San Antonio Express-News discussing the Organizations United for East Side Development non-endorsement of either candidates for president, Ronald Reagan and President Carter, or the democratic incumbent for Bexar County Tax Assessor-Collector, Ben Shaw. The article includes details of Easter L. Clausen's firings from Shaw's office and the other discrimination suits filed against Shaw.
Date: October 26, 1980
Creator: Bersano, Bob
Partner: Private Collection of Mario Marcel Salas

[Clipping: Area ANC members, black leaders rejoice]

Description: 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
Partner: Private Collection of Mario Marcel Salas

[Letter from Carl Broden to Mario Salas, April 28, 1971]

Description: Letter from Carl Broden to Mario Salas discussing Salas's invitation to Broden and Virgiania Collins to speak in San Antonio. Broden shares his travel plans and requests that Salas coordinates with Don W. Allford in Austin to schedule Collins and Broden's events.
Date: April 28, 1971
Creator: Broden, Carl
Partner: Private Collection of Mario Marcel Salas

Neighborhoods First

Description: Publication of the Mario Salas Campaign for [San Antonio] City Council District 2, discussing community issues Salas advocates for and listing the endorsements he received from various community groups.
Date: unknown
Creator: Campaign Committee to Elect Mario Salas
Partner: Private Collection of Mario Marcel Salas

[Clipping: Freedom fighter eludes definition]

Description: 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
Partner: Private Collection of Mario Marcel Salas

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

Description: 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
Partner: Private Collection of Mario Marcel Salas

[Letter From John F. Davis to Melvin L. Wulf, March 2, 1965]

Description: Letter from John P. Davis to Melvin L. Wulf stating that the mandate of the United States Supreme Court in the cause, Stanford v. Texas, No. 40, October term 1964, has been mailed to the 57th Judicial District Court in Bexar County, Texas. Stanford was awarded $819.76 to be collected from the district court in Bexar County or directly from opposing counsel or parties.
Date: March 2, 1965
Creator: Davis, John F.
Partner: Private Collection of Mario Marcel Salas

[Letter from Drew S. Days, III to John H. Sanders, Mario Salas, and Rick Green, August 29, 1979

Description: Letter from Drew S. Daly, III to John H. Sanders, Mario Salas, and Rick Green, of the Organizations United for Eastside Development, regarding their letter alleging that prosecutors in the Bexar County District Attorney's office excluded evidence from the criminal trial of the charges stemming from the death Webb Boyd.
Date: August 29, 1979
Creator: Days, Drew S., III
Partner: Private Collection of Mario Marcel Salas

[Clipping: S. Africa benefit set for today]

Description: 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
Partner: Private Collection of Mario Marcel Salas
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