9,487
edits
Changes
no edit summary
<!-- Events go below this line.-->
*[[1814]] – [[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]] – '''[[Desegregation]]''': Twenty-three black students began classes at ten previously all-white schools in the [[Escambia County School District]].
*[[2008]] – 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."