<I>The Honorable Ernest Adolphus Finney, Jr. Oral History Interview</I>
date: label: Date
content: June 8, 2011
name: label: Created by
content: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
label: Interview of
content: Honorable Ernest Adolphus Finney Jr., American, born 1931
label: Interviewed by
content: Joseph Mosnier Ph. D.
label: Subject of
content: South Carolina State University, American, founded 1896
label: Subject of
content: Friendship Nine, American, founded 1961
label: Subject of
content: South Carolina Human Affairs Commission, American, founded 1972
label: Subject of
content: South Carolina Supreme Court, American, founded 1841
notes: label: Description
content: The oral history consists of six digital files: 2011.174.25.1a, 2011.174.25.1b, 2011.174.25.1c, 2011.174.25.1d, 2011.174.25.1e, and 2011.174.25.1f.
label: Description
content: The Honorable Ernest Finney, Jr 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.
label: Description
content: LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0025
place: label: Place collected
content: Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Rock Hill, York County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
label: Topic
content: Law
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: Social reform
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1961-1969
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Civil Rights History Project
label: Classification
content: Time-based Media - Moving Images
label: Movement
content: Civil Rights Movement
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.174.25.1a-f
objectType: label: Type
content: video recordings
label: Type
content: oral histories
label: Type
content: digital media - born digital
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: digital
label: Dimensions
content: Duration: 54 min., 44 sec.
label: Dimensions
content: Total: 89.72 GB