- Collection:
- Civil Rights History Project
- Title:
- Ernest Adolphus Finney oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Columbia, South Carolina, 2011-06-08
- Creator:
- Civil Rights History Project (U.S.)
- Contributor to Resource:
- Mosnier, Joseph
Finney, Ernest A. (Ernest Adolphus), 1931- - Date of Original:
- 2011-06-08
- Subject:
- Civil rights movements--United States
South Carolina State College
African American lawyers--South Carolina--Interviews
African American judges--South Carolina--Interviews
African American legislators--South Carolina--Interviews
Civil rights demonstrations--South Carolina--Rock Hill - Location:
- United States, South Carolina, Richland County, Columbia, 34.00071, -81.03481
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
interviews
transcripts
moving images - Type:
- MovingImage
Text - Format:
- image/gif
image/jpeg
image/jp2
image/tiff
text/xml
application/pdf - Description:
- 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.
- Metadata URL:
- http://www.loc.gov/item/afc2010039_crhp0025/
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 6 video files of 6 (HD, Apple ProRes 422 HQ, QuickTime wrapper) (55 min.) : digital, sound, color. 1 transcript (27 pages)
application/x-video
image/jpg - Contributing Institution:
- American Folklife Center
- Rights:
-
