BY ANITA STIEFEL MANAGING EDITOR

AUBURN — On July 23, Auburn University administrators received an email from a Texas-based legal group claiming the university’s scholarships aimed at increasing a racial diversity are illegal. “We write to you today to inform you that it appears that Auburn University and its supporting foundation maintain and administer illegal, race-based scholarships,” read the letter, sent from Daniel Morenoff, executive director of The American Civil Rights Project (www.americancivilrightsproject.org), to AU President Christopher B. Roberts, Provost & Senior VP of Academic Affairs Vini Nathan and Foundation Board chair Beth Thorne Stukes. “The American Civil Rights Project is a public-interest law firm that… exists to protect and where necessary — as is the case on m

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