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Both Bob Jones Sr. and Bob Jones Jr. believed that film could be an excellent medium for mass evangelism, and in 1950, the university established Unusual Films within the School of Fine Arts. [96] The studio name derives from a former BJU promotional slogan, "The World's Most Unusual University".) [ 97 ] Bob Jones Jr. selected a speech teacher ...
The case was heard on October 12, 1982, and on May 24, 1983, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against Bob Jones University in Bob Jones University v. United States (461 U.S. 574). The university refused to reverse its interracial dating policy and (with difficulty) paid a million dollars in back taxes.
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Stephen Jones is the son of Bob Jones III, the grandson of Bob Jones Jr., and the great-grandson of Bob Jones Sr, the university's founder. Originally Stephen Jones hoped his older brother, Bob IV, would "take the administrative side of the presidency" allowing Stephen to concentrate on the "preaching, traveling, [and] people side" of the ...
Bob Jones University was founded in Bay County, Florida, then moved to Cleveland, Tennessee, before arriving in Greenville in the mid-1940s. Bob Jones Sr. was an evangelist, who said he saw young ...
Graves served as a member of the board of trustees of Bob Jones College and a BJU residence hall was named for him until 2011. [8] John Sephus Mack (1880–1940), early twentieth century entrepreneur who (with Walter C. Shaw) created G.C. Murphy Stores, a regional chain of more than two hundred "five and dimes" headquartered in McKeesport, PA ...
Bartosch, a 1982 graduate of Bob Jones University, was hired in 2007 and was named chief brand officer last year.
Little Rock becomes the capital of the Arkansas Territory formed in 1819; and seat of Pulaski County. [10] [8] Arkansas Gazette in publication. Little Rock briefly renamed "Arkopolis." [11] 1825 – Little Rock Tavern in business (approximate date). [12] 1826- Robert Cunningham, son of Matthew and Eliza, is the first free child born in Little Rock.