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[Clipping: Houston Super Bowl Bid Hits MLK Holiday Snag]

Description: Magazine clipping of the article, "Houston Super Bowl Bid Hits MLK Holiday Snag" in Jet Magazine discussing a potential appeal to the National Football League to boycott Houston as Super Bowl host if the state doesn't approve changing Martin Luther King, Jr. Day as a paid holiday.
Date: April 22, 1991
Partner: Private Collection of Mario Marcel Salas

[Clipping: King holiday gets initial House OK]

Description: 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
Partner: Private Collection of Mario Marcel Salas

[Clipping: Italian-Americans, Hispanics irked by holiday change]

Description: Newspaper clipping of the article, "Italian-Americans, Hispanics irked by holiday change" in San Antonio Light, discussing the reactions of the Italian-American and Hispanic communities to replacement of Columbus Day with Martin Luther King, Jr. Day as an official paid holiday for state employees.
Date: May 28, 1991
Creator: San Antonio Light
Partner: Private Collection of Mario Marcel Salas

[Clipping: Boycott urged to force state King holiday #2]

Description: 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. more
Date: March 27, 1991
Creator: Garcia, James E.
Partner: Private Collection of Mario Marcel Salas

[Clipping: New law creates state holiday honoring MLK]

Description: Newspaper clipping of the article, "New law creates state holiday honoring MLK," in the Austin American-Statesman, announcing that Governor Ann Richards has signed into law the bill creating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day as a state holiday.
Date: June 13, 1991
Partner: Private Collection of Mario Marcel Salas

[Clipping: Parking proposal angers gays]

Description: Clipping from Dallas Morning News for October 20, 1991. "Parking proposal angers gays" details the claims made by Oak Lawn bar owners that a new parking proposal is aimed at lesbian and gay establishments.
Date: October 21, 1991
Creator: Camia, Catalina
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Clipping: Man who won AIDS bias suit fears he'll never collect damages]

Description: Clipping from the Dallas Morning News. "Man who won AIDS bias suit fears he'll never collect damages" details Alan Rehinkel's fear of dying from HIV before collecting damages from his case of discrimination by his employer.
Date: 1991
Creator: Belli, Anne
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Clipping: AIDS funding]

Description: Clipping from Dallas Morning News for September 16, 1991. "AIDS funding" is a letter to the editor from William C. Hunt in which Hunt disapproves of politicians in Dallas and all of the United States who decrease AIDS funding.
Date: September 16, 1991
Creator: Hunt, William C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Clipping: Judge orders abstinence in AIDS case]

Description: Clipping from Dallas Times Herald for October 30, 1991. "Judge orders abstinence in AIDS case" details the case of Alberto Gonzales, who infected his girlfriend with AIDS. "Experiments indicate drug fights AIDS-related cancer" describes a drug in development by Daiichi Pharmaceutical Company to fight.
Date: October 30, 1991
Creator: Associated Press
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Clipping: King holiday wins initial House vote]

Description: Newspaper clipping of the article, "King holiday wins initial House vote," in San Antonio Express-News discussing the Texas Senate bill to make Martin Luther King, Jr. Day an official paid holiday for state employees.
Date: May 23, 1991
Partner: Private Collection of Mario Marcel Salas

[Clipping: Civil Rights Activists Calls for MKL Holiday]

Description: Newspaper clipping of the article, "Civil Rights Activists Calls for MKL Holiday" in NOKOA - The Observer, discussing Mario Marcel Salas' address to the Texas State Senate Public Affairs Committee in support of a bill to officially recognized Martin Luther King, Jr. Day as a paid state holiday.
Date: March 22, 1991
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

[Clipping: VIA pressed to bypass Arizona meet]

Description: 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
Partner: Private Collection of Mario Marcel Salas

[Clipping: Columbus still has his backers]

Description: Newspaper clipping of the article, "Columbus still has his backers," in the Houston Post discussing a recent press conference held by Houston-area Hispanics, Italians, and the Christopher Columbus Quincentenary Texas Jubilee Commission to protest the state legislature's decision to replace Columbus Day with Martin Luther King, Jr. Day as a paid holiday for state employees.
Date: May 28, 1991
Creator: Root, Jay
Partner: Private Collection of Mario Marcel Salas

[Clipping: Victory at Last Martin Luther King Bill Passes]

Description: Newspaper clipping of the article, "Victory at Last Martin Luther King Bill Passes" discussing the efforts of Frontline 2000, a civil rights organization, advocating for a bill to recognize Martin Luther King, Jr. Day as an official holiday in Texas.
Date: May 30, 1991
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: Other Bills]

Description: Newspaper clipping of the "Other Bills" section of the San Antonio Light, listing the status of bills in the most recent session of the state legislature with a brief discussion of each bills' contents. The passed bills include recognizing Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, insurance reform, and oil spill response.
Date: May 28, 1991
Partner: Private Collection of Mario Marcel Salas

[Clipping: Passage of King Holiday]

Description: Newspaper clippings of the article, "Passage of King Holiday," from the San Antonio Register discussing the reactions of the Hispanic and Italian American communities to the state legislature's decision to replace Columbus Day with Martin Luther King, Jr. Day as a paid holiday for state employees. There is a photo of Mario Salas, Joe Scott, Rick Greene, W. B. Johnson, Mr. Byrd, and John Saunders standing in front of the statue of Martin Luther King, Jr. in San Antonio, Texas.
Date: May 30, 1991
Partner: Private Collection of Mario Marcel Salas

[Clipping: AIDS: Dallas' waning interest will cost lives]

Description: Clipping from Dallas Morning News for September 29, 1991. "AIDS: Dallas' waning interest will cost lives" describes the effects of decreased public concern about the AIDS crisis.
Date: September 29, 1991
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Clipping: Plan to slash AIDS funding is shortsighted]

Description: Clipping from Dallas Morning News for September 13, 1991. "Plan to slash AIDS funding is shortsighted" criticizes Dallas county's rejection of a federal grant for AIDS funding.
Date: September 13, 1991
Creator: Moos, Bob
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Clippings About Student Organizations

Description: Two newspaper clippings discussing student organizations at UNT. The first article discusses sophomore student Dina Chavez, creating a Hispanic talk show for NTTV in hopes of NT students understanding Hispanic culture. The second article describes a Native American Organization spreading awareness of its culture on the NT campus.
Date: February 26, 1991
Creator: Edwards, Melissa
Location: 33.207488 -97.152586
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

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Description: Newspaper article about Mica England who filed a lawsuit against the Dallas Police Department after they refused to hire her because she was a lesbian and admitted to having broken Texas Penal Code §21.06, which made sexual acts between same sex couples a misdemeanor. Because the image has been reassembled in PhotoShop from two separate images there is a vertical line running down the center of the article. The article features an image of England standing outside of Dallas City Hall.
Date: November 17, 1991
Creator: Kretz, Steffen
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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