Finney, Ernest A., (Ernest Adolphus), Jr. 1931-2017 interviewee Mosnier, Joseph, interviewer Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) moving image videorecording two-dimensional moving image Filmed Interviews. Interviews. Oral histories. Video recordings. dcu 2011 monographic 2011. eng

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6 video files of 6 (HD, Apple ProRes 422 HQ, QuickTime wrapper) (55 min.) : digital, sound, color. 1 transcript (27 pages). 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. Collection is open for research. Access to recordings may be restricted. To request materials, please contact the Folklife Reading Room at 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. In English. Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/eadafc.af013005 n-us-sc Finney, Ernest A., (Ernest Adolphus), Jr. 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 Library of Congress Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, DC USA 20540-4610 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.home http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/afc2010039.afc2010039_crhp0025 (DLC) 2012655221 AFC 2010/039: 0025 2015669124 hdl:loc.afc/afc2010039.afc2010039_crhp0025 dacs DLC 150728 20250607065900.4 18889586 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.8 using MARC21slim2MODS3-8_XSLT1-0.xsl (Revision 1.172 20230208) eng