What is Bob Jones University best known for?
It’s known for a quite a few things! Racial Policies From its 1927 founding until 1971, African Americans were prohibited from enrolling. From 1971 to 1975, only married blacks were admitted. On May 29, 1975, under threat of having the IRS revoke its tax exemption, the University Board of Trustees authorized a change in policy to admit “students of any race,” a move which occurred shortly before the announcement of the Supreme Court decision in Runyon v. McCrary (427 U.S. 160 [1976]), which prohibited racial exclusion in private schools. Bob Jones University (BJU) is a private, non-denominational, Protestant Fundamentalist, liberal arts university located in Greenville, South Carolina. Founded in 1927 by Bob Jones, Sr. (1883-1968), an evangelist and younger contemporary of Billy Sunday, it is the largest private liberal arts university in South Carolina and has a reputation for being one of the most conservative religious schools in the United States. Although not regionally accredited
