Jim Davenport, writing for the Associated Press, on “University Surprised by Lifting of Ban”
Bob Jones University’s decision to lift its half-century ban on interracial dating has stunned students and the fundamentalist Christian school’s supporters who learned about it Friday night in a national television interview with President Bob Jones III.
“I don’t think even his own secretary knew what he was going to do,” said school spokesman Jonathan Pait.
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