African Americans -- Texas -- San Antonio; Civil rights movements -- Texas -- San Antonio; Municipal government -- Texas -- San Antonio;
Editorial in SNAP newspaper adressing the need for education, fair employment prcatices, and preparation for employment for Negro citizens, probably from the 1960s.
African Americans -- Texas -- San Antonio; Baptists -- United States -- History.; Civil rights movements -- Texas -- San Antonio; Municipal government -- Texas -- San Antonio; Mount Zion First Baptist Church (San Antonio, Tex.);
Scrapbook includes newspaper clippings about activities at Mount Zion First Baptist Church, Baptist news, African American community news, and Texas and San Antonio politics, from the San Antonio Register, the Fort Worth Defender and Baptist...
African Americans -- Texas -- San Antonio; Baptists -- United States -- History.;
Reverend Black was involved with the beginnings of the Baptist Ministers Union of San Antonio and Vicinity, as Secretary, as part of committees, and as President. This folder contains meeting notes, correspondence, organizational documents such as...
African Americans -- Texas -- San Antonio; Municipal government -- Texas -- San Antonio;
Editorial about the importance of property ownership to release of the Negro from slave status, referring to the stance of Senator Barry Goldwater and the mayor of the City of San Antonio.
Baptists -- United States -- History.; African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century; National Baptist Convention of America.;
Editorial in the National Baptist Union-Review by Reverend Black, addressing the need for making difficult choices regarding Christian education, urban unrest, and other social issues of the day.
Civil rights movements -- Texas -- San Antonio; African Americans -- Texas -- San Antonio; African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century;
Commentary by Reverend Black, with his reflections on the significance of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, in Washington, D.C. as well as on the Austin, Texas Civil Rights March on the same day, Wednesday. August 28, 1963, stressing...
Baptists -- United States -- History.; African Americans -- Texas -- San Antonio;
Editorial in the National Baptist Union-Review by Reverend Black, urging Black Christian leadership to deliver education and knowledge in ways relevant to the times.
Baptists -- United States -- History.; African Americans -- Texas -- San Antonio; Mount Zion First Baptist Church (San Antonio, Tex.);
ZerNona Stewart Black scrapbook from 1944 through 1964, includes personal and community news and content, as well as clippings and news items that relate to her time as Direcctor of the San Antonio USO YWCA, 112 Sycamore Street, and the Swankers...
African Americans -- Texas -- San Antonio; Civil rights movements -- Texas -- History -- 20th century; Municipal government -- Texas -- San Antonio; San Antonio (Tex.)--Race relations--History.; San Antonio (Tex.). City Council.;
Reverend Black's political campaign and local politics from 1963 through 1965 are covered in newsclippings and letters from local and Texas political figures,including Henry B. Gonzalez.
African Americans -- Texas -- San Antonio; Mount Zion First Baptist Church (San Antonio, Tex.); Baptists -- United States -- History.;
Scrapbook made to honor ZerNona Stewart Black, on the thirty-sixth anniversary of Reverend Black and ZerNona Black's service to the Mount Zion First Baptist Church , 1985
National Baptist Convention of America.; Baptists -- United States -- History.; African Americans -- Texas -- San Antonio;
Selections from Folder 48: Reverend Black was involved with the National Baptist Convention of America in various capacities, as editor of the National Baptist Union-Review, and as chairman of the Commission on Social Justice. The selections from...
Crowning of the Tigerland King and Queen and court was a popular tradition in the 1940s and 1950s. Pictured here are King John Miller and Queen Doris Blair in 1944.
Tigers; Trinity University (San Antonio, Tex.) -- Mascots; Lee Roy (Tiger)
Lee Roy was a Royal Bengal tiger purchased by local builder and developer L. R. (Lee Roy) Pletz in 1953. Housed in the San Antonio Zoo, Lee Roy appeared at pep rallies and football games in a portable cage escorted by the Bengal Lancers social...
Tigers; Trinity University (San Antonio, Tex.) -- Mascots; Lee Roy (Tiger)
Lee Roy the Bengal Tiger sired cubs in the San Antonio Zoo with mate Queenie. One of his offspring, designated Lee Roy II, continued the tiger tradition after the death of Lee Roy I in 1962. Lee Roy was a Royal Bengal tiger purchased by local...
Pictured left to right are James W. Laurie, Trinity president, and Presbyterian clergyman James Robinson, pastor of the Church of the Master in New York City and founder of Cross Roads Africa program. Robinson visited the Trinity campus in 1961 to...