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Bob Jones Univ. apologizes for racist policies

Published November 22, 2008, 4:51 am, Washington Post

COLUMBIA, S.C. -- 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.

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