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[Letter from Mario Marcel Salas to the Mexican American Legal Defense Fund]

Description: 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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from John H. Sanders and Mario Marcel Salas to Benjamin Hooks - 1979]

Description: 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 … more
Date: 1979
Creator: Sanders, John H. & Salas, Mario Marcel
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from John H. Sanders to Henry B. Gonzalez - July 13, 1979]

Description: 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 m… more
Date: July 13, 1979
Creator: Sanders, John H.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from Finnis E. Jolly to Thomas E. Huebner - August 22, 1979]

Description: 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.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from Drew S. Days to OUED Members - August 29, 1979]

Description: 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.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from OUED to Roy Barrera - May 30, 1979]

Description: 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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from S. Marcus Jahns to T. C. Calvert - June 15, 1979]

Description: 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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from Mario Marcel Salas to the United States Justice Department - November 8, 1979]

Description: Letter from Mario Marcel Salas of the Black Coalition on Mass Media to the Civil Rights Division of the United States Justice Department. He writes with an urgent tone, as word has spread of a possible march by the Ku Klux Klan. A radio personality, a city councilman, and an organization protesting a housing project have all been linked to the event. Fears of Klan members carrying weapons and enacting violence pose additional threats.
Date: November 8, 1979
Creator: Salas, Mario Marcel
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from Sue Sende to Mario Marcel Salas - January 1, 1979]

Description: Letter from journalist Sue Sende to Mario Marcel Salas of the Black Coalition on Mass Media. She writes to inform him of a recent publication - What's Behind the News? - she co-authored about media strategies and reform. A hand-written notation at the bottom of the letter requests that Mr. Salas send her information about the Black Coalition for research purposes taking place on the 2nd edition.
Date: January 1, 1979
Creator: Sende, Sue
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from the Federal Communications Commission to Mario Marcel Salas - May 16, 1979]

Description: Letter from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to Mario Marcel Salas, president of the Black Coalition on Mass Media (BCMM). Only one page of their correspondence has been provided, however. From what remains available, it appears that the FCC was trying to distance itself from a disagreement that occurred between the BCMM and KAPE radio, in which the latter accused BCMM of "personal attacks."
Date: May 16, 1979
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from Tommy Calvert to Jerry Moon - January 10, 1979]

Description: Letter from Tommy Calvert, research chairman of the Black Coalition on Mass Media (BCMM), to Jerry Moon, general manager of KAPE radio. He is sending the broadcasting station a few suggestions on how to best offer incentives to future employees who wish to remain in broadcasting.
Date: January 10, 1979
Creator: Calvert, Tommy
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from Mario Marcel Salas to Complaints Division of the FCC - April 23, 1979]

Description: Letter from Mario Marcel Salas, president of the Black Coalition on Mass Media, to the complaints and compliance division of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). It seems that, after buying a political advertisement to air on KAPE radio, the BCMM's ad was pulled from the air by the station when an official from the FCC ruled it to be a personal attack. The letter Mr. Salas sends is to inquire about the validity of the ruling, if such a ruling even occurred.
Date: April 23, 1979
Creator: Salas, Mario Marcel
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from Mario Marcel Salas to KSAT Television - May 3, 1979]

Description: Letter from Mario Marcel Salas, president of the Black Coalition on Mass Media, to KSAT Television. He writes to complain to the television station about a Bugs Bunny cartoon that was aired in which various racial slurs were used towards Japanese people. He hopes the airing was a mistake and an oversight on the part of the television station.
Date: May 3, 1979
Creator: Salas, Mario Marcel
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Dr. Charles Hollingsworth Slicing Bread]

Description: Photograph of Dr. Charles Hollingsworth, a bread baker, slicing a loaf of bread on a cutting board at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He is wearing a plaid shirt, an apron, and an oven mitt on the hand that is holding the bread.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Man Cooking Sausage in Alsatian Food Booth]

Description: Photograph of a man cooking sausage in the Castroville Alsatian food booth at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing an apron and a trucker hat, he is standing next to a grill where long sausages are cooking.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Krakowiak Polish Dancers Performing]

Description: Photograph of the Krakowiak Polish Dancers performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. A man and woman are dancing together side-by-side with their arms around the other's lower back. Their opposite arms are raised in the air. The woman is wearing a knee-length floral skirt, a peasant shirt with an embroidered vest, and knee-high boots. The man is wearing dark pants, a light shirt, and an open embroidered vest.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections
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