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== Racial Controversy ==
== Racial Controversy ==
Bob Jones University did not enroll black students until 1971. Afterwards it had a policy against interracial dating and marriage, for which the Internal Revenue Service revoked the the university's 501(c)(3) tax exempt status in 1976.<ref>This ruling was upheld, over the objection of the U.S. Solicitor General, in 1983 by the ruling of the Supreme Court of the United States in Bob Jones University v. United States. BOB JONES UNIVERSITY v. UNITED STATES, 461 U.S. 574 (1983) [http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=461&invol=574].</ref>
Bob Jones University did not enroll black students until 1971. Afterwards it had a policy against interracial dating and marriage, for which the Internal Revenue Service revoked the the university's 501(c)(3) tax exempt status in 1976. The University challenged this action, but lost when the Supreme Court upheld the ruling in 1983. <ref>This ruling was upheld, over the objection of the U.S. Solicitor General, in 1983 by the ruling of the Supreme Court of the United States in Bob Jones University v. United States. BOB JONES UNIVERSITY v. UNITED STATES, 461 U.S. 574 (1983) [http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=461&invol=574].</ref>
The university announced in 2000 that its policy against interracial dating was no longer being enforced and was officially discarded.<ref>CNN: Bob Jones University ends ban on interracial dating, March 4, 2000 [http://archives.cnn.com/2000/US/03/04/bob.jones/]</ref>
The university announced in 2000 that its policy against interracial dating was no longer being enforced and was officially discarded. <ref>CNN: Bob Jones University ends ban on interracial dating, March 4, 2000 [http://archives.cnn.com/2000/US/03/04/bob.jones/]</ref>
In late 2008, the university issued a statement <ref>BJU: ''Statement about Race at Bob Jones University'' [http://www.bju.edu/about/race.html]</ref>, apologizing for its earlier policies.
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