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He said they reported on segregation, lynchings, police brutality, Jim Crow laws, and “any injustice.”
He said its predecessor, the San Antonio Register, first published in 1931, held a mock election for “sepia mayor because Black people couldn’t run for mayor.”who were initially buried along Salado Creek, and later re-interred at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery. They were among 63 convicted in the nation’s largest court-martial after racial injustice triggered the 1917 Houston riots.
He said although the newspaper was small, “They fought really hard for the rights of Black people to be treated like human beings.” Without Black newspapers, Salas said, “Where would we be? Probably not where we should be or even close to where we should be.”Jessie Degollado has been with KSAT since 1984. She is a general assignments reporter who covers a wide variety of stories. Raised in Laredo and as an anchor/reporter at KRGV in the Rio Grande Valley, Jessie is especially familiar with border and immigration issues. In 2007, Jessie also was inducted into the San Antonio Women's Hall of Fame.
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