The Honorable Ernest Adolphus Finney, Jr. Oral History Interview: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

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.

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.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: June 8, 2011
• Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
• Interview of: Honorable Ernest Adolphus Finney Jr., American, born 1931
• Interviewed by: Joseph Mosnier Ph. D.
• Subject of: South Carolina State University, American, founded 1896
• Subject of: Friendship Nine, American, founded 1961
• Subject of: South Carolina Human Affairs Commission, American, founded 1972
• Subject of: South Carolina Supreme Court, American, founded 1841
• Type: video recordings
• Type: oral histories
• Type: digital media - born digital
• Medium: digital
• Dimensions: Duration: 54 min., 44 sec.
• Dimensions: Total: 89.72 GB
• Place collected: Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: Rock Hill, York County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: American South
• Topic: Civil Rights
• Topic: Education
• Topic: HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
• Topic: Law
• Topic: Politics
• Object number: 2011.174.25.1a-f
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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