Finney, Ernest A., Jr. (Ernest Adolphus), 1931-2017, interviewee. Mosnier, Joseph, interviewer. Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) moving image Filmed Interviews. lcgft Interviews. lcgft Oral histories. lcgft Video recordings. lcgft eng Ernest Finney recalls his father's teaching career and attending law school at South Carolina State College. He remembers defending the "Friendship Nine," a group of college students who protested segregation in Rock Hill, South Carolina. He discusses joining the South Carolina Human Rights Commission, serving as a state representative, and his election to the State Supreme Court. Recorded in Columbia, South Carolina, on June 8, 2011. Civil Rights History Project Collection (AFC 2010/039), Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Copies of items are also held at the National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.). Ernest Finney was born in 1931 in Smithfield, Virginia, married Frances Davenport, and had three children. He attended Claflin College and South Carolina State University School of Law. He worked as a civil rights lawyer, judge and interim president of South Carolina State University. The Civil Rights History Project is a joint project of the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress and the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of African American History and Culture to collect video and audio recordings of personal histories and testimonials of individuals who participated in the Civil Rights movement. Finding aid Finney, Ernest A., Jr. (Ernest Adolphus), 1931-2017--Interviews. South Carolina State College. African American judges--South Carolina--Interviews. African American lawyers--South Carolina--Interviews. African American legislators--South Carolina--Interviews. Civil rights demonstrations--South Carolina--Rock Hill. Civil rights movements--United States. Civil Rights History Project collection http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/afc2010039.afc2010039_crhp0025 Collection is open for research. Access to recordings may be restricted. To request materials, please contact the Folklife Reading Room at