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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...older, more extreme version of Fundamentalism is still around, symbolized most visibly by South Carolina's Bob Jones University (enrollment: 5,500), which did not admit blacks until 1971 and still forbids interracial dating. Chancellor Bob Jones Jr. of the superstrict institution (supervised dating, no pop music, rigid dress code) almost seems to take pride in what he jokingly calls the school's "lunatic-fringe" reputation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Jerry Falwell's Crusade | 9/2/1985 | See Source »

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