/internal/media/dispatcher/70892/fullMario Salas Oral History12/14/2021Duration: 69 MinutesBorn digital (.m2ts file), Born digital (.m4a file), Born digital (.mp4 file), Born digital (.vtt file)Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2021.001.01140Videotaped oral history interview with Mario Salas. A longtime human rights activist in San Antonio, Salas was actively involved with the Black Panthers and the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee. As part of the last SNCC chapter in the United States, he fought for civil rights and protested the Vietnam War. Salas, who also served on the San Antonio city council, later spearheaded a campaign to make Martin Luther King Day a state holiday
Interview conducted over Zoom on December 14, 2021 by Curator Stephen Fagin. The interview is 1 hour and 9 minutes long.
Technical note: This interview consists of a Zoom audio-video file, a Zoom subtitles VTT file, an isolated Zoom combined audio track, and HD video reference of Stephen Fagin in 501 Elm board room.
The video attached to this record is an excerpt. The entire interview is available in our Reading Room to on-site researchers or by submitting a Rights & Reproductions Request Form.Oral Histories661100E-100E-1072585Oral history0E-10Videotaped oral history interview with Mario Salas. A longtime human rights activist in San Antonio, Salas was actively involved with the Black Panthers and the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee. As part of the last SNCC chapter in the United States, he fought for civil rights and protested the Vietnam War. Salas, who also served on the San Antonio city council, later spearheaded a campaign to make Martin Luther King Jr. Day a state holiday.
Interview conducted over Zoom on December 14, 2021 by Curator Stephen Fagin. The interview is 1 hour and 9 minutes long.InterviewsVietnamCivil rightsOral historiesProtestsCivic leadersBlack Panther PartyStudent Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)San AntonioCivil Rights and Social Activism (OHC)Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)Childhood Recollections (OHC)Vietnam (OHC)Chicano History and Culture (OHC)The Mario Marcel Salas Papers are housed at the University of Texas at San Antonio Libraries Special Collections and consist of correspondence, photographs, manuscripts and other materials related to Mr. Salas' civil rights activism and his service on the San Antonio City Council. A guide to his collection may be found here: A Guide to the Mario Marcel Salas Papers, 1938-2019 - TARO (txarchives.org). -- Stephen Fagin, Curator