Today in History – July 19

1976 – Pensacola’s Saenger Theatre was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

Pensacola's Saenger Theatre (StreetView)
Pensacola's Saenger Theatre

2010 – Shirley Sherrod was forced to resign from her appointed position as Georgia State Director of Rural Development for the United States Department of Agriculture because of video excerpts from her address to a March 2010 NAACP event and commentary posted by blogger Andrew Breitbart on his website.

"Who is Shirley Sherrod?" (StreetView)
"Who is Shirley Sherrod?"

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