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| date_of_birth =[[March 13]], [[1911]]
| place_of_birth =Micanopy, Florida
| date_of_death =[[November 28]], [[1994]]
The Honorable '''Winston Eugene "Bo" Arnow''' ([[1911]]-[[1994]]) was a federal judge serving in the [[District Court of North Florida]] who presided over numerous [[civil rights]] cases.
Born in [[1911]], Judge Arnow grew up near Gainesville, Florida. He received his bachelor's degree in business a B.B.A. from the University of Florida, where he also received in 1932 and a law degree J.D. from the university's College of Law in 1933. He joined the Army and became a Major in the JAG Corps during [[World War II]].
He practiced law in Gainesville for 35 over 30 years and was , serving as a municipal judge from 1940-42 and 1946-49, and moved to Pensacola in [[1966]] when . He was nominated to the federal bench by President [[Wikipedia:Lyndon B. Johnson|Lyndon B. Johnson]] appointed him to on [[November 29]], [[1967]], and confirmed by the federal benchSenate on [[December 7]].<ref>http://www.fjc. He moved to Pensacola immediately and became gov/servlet/tGetInfo?jid=63</ref> Arnow was the first federal judge to live in the city since the death of Judge [[William B. Sheppard]] in [[1934]].
Judge Arnow made a number of landmark [[civil rights]] decisions that affected the area. In [[1969]], he ordered the [[Segregation|desegregation]] of the [[Escambia County School District]]. He issued the [[1973]] injunction against [[Escambia High School]]'s use of the nickname "Rebels" and Confederate battle flag for their sports teams. In [[1978]] he ruled in favor of black groups to established single-member districts, which resulted in the election of African-Americans to the [[Pensacola City Council]], [[Escambia County Commission]] and [[Escambia County School Board]]. In [[1981]] he sealed a settlement in a discrimination case, requiring the Air Force to establish a $2 million fund and [[Eglin Air Force Base]] to hire 100 black workers for its civilian labor force and promote others already on the payroll. Judge [[Lacey Collier]] said of these decisions, "Judge Arnow was a man who was clearly ahead of his time, and, of course, damned and vilified for it. But history has proved he was right, not just legally but also morally."<ref>"Judge Winston Arnow, 83, whose civil rights rulings changed state." ''St. Petersburg Times'', December 1, 1994.</ref>
