In 1970 a Desegregation Law was passed down to the St. Johns County School Board, making it mandatory for all public schools to have both white and African American students.
Ponce de Leon returned to Florida in 1521, planning to establish a colony between the Caloosahatchee River and Charlotte Harbor on the west coast of Florida.
Panfilo de Narvaez, Spanish Conquistador, led a failed expedition to Florida in 1527. Narvaez's expedition landed at Tampa Bay with 300 men in April 1528.
Hernando de Soto led an expedition to Florida in May 1539. He took 9 ships, 620 men and 220 horses. He landed at a place he called Espiritu Santo, near today's Tampa Bay.
In 1562, Jean Ribault was sent to North America to settle a colony for France. Three ships with 150 French Huguenots, landed in Florida around present day Jacksonville.
In 1564, Frenchman Rene de Laudonniere, one of Ribault's lieutenants in the 1562 expedition, established Fort Caroline near the mouth of the St. Johns River.
Frenchman Dominique de Gourgues attacked the Spanish Fort of San Mateo (formerly Fort Caroline) in 1568, spurred by the Spanish attack three years prior.
Coquina was discovered on Anastasia Island in 1580. Governor Pedro Menendez de Marquez ordered its official use because it was fireproof and readily available.
