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Bob Jones Univ. apologizes for racist policies

I was pleased to read this: Bob Jones Univ. apologizes for racist policies

Bob Jones University has apologized for racist policies including a one-time ban on interracial dating that wasn’t lifted until nine years ago and its unwillingness to admit black students until 1971.

The private fundamentalist Christian school that was founded in 1927 said its rules on race were shaped by culture instead of the Bible, according to a statement posted Thursday on the university’s Web site.

Here’s the statement on Bob Jones University’s site

(h/t Keep Believing Ministries)

11-25-2008 |

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