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*[[1814]] &ndash; [[War of 1812]]: '''[[Andrew Jackson]]''' arrived in [[Mobile]] and requested the 2,500-man Tennessee militia be sent to defend against British forces at [[Third Spanish period|Spanish Pensacola]].
*[[1962]] &ndash; '''[[Desegregation]]''': Twenty-three black students began classes at ten previously all-white schools in the [[Escambia County School District]].
*[[2008]] &ndash; The '''[[ACLU]]''' announced a lawsuit against the [[Santa Rosa County School District]] alleging that school officials (specifically [[Santa Rosa County Superintendent of Schools|Superintendent]] [[John Rogers]] and [[Pace High School]] Principal [[Frank Lay]]) had "used their government positions … to persistently and pervasively promote their personal religious beliefs in the public schools and at school events."

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