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Ernest A. Finney, Jr. being sworn in as Chief Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court in 1994.

Ernest A. Finney, Jr., of Columbia embodies living history. He was the first African American chief justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court, when he was elected to the position in 1994. Also, he was the first African American to be a circuit judge in SC, and he represented the Friendship Nine of Rock Hill during the sit-in movement in SC in the 1960s.  On the current edition of Insight, Bhakti Larry Hough conducts part one of a two-part interview with Finney.

Part one will air on Wednesday, February 27th and Monday, March 4th. Part two will air Wednesday, March 6th and Monday, March 11th.

More information on Ernest Finney is available from: Wikipedia and a blog by Bobby Rettew.

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Mrs. Wilhelmina P. Johnson, Executive Director - CRC INC.

For 40 years, the Cultural Realism Complex (CRC) in Darlington has served Darlington County with a variety of programs for youth and community development and historic preservation. The force behind CRC is Wilhelmina P. Johnson, a retired educator and Darlington County Councilwoman, who started CRC as Cultural Realism Charm in 1973. Bhakti Larry Hough interviewed Johnson about CRC and African American history in general on the current edition of Insight.

Insight airs Wednesdays and Mondays at 10:00 AM, 7:00 PM, and midnight, at 90.9 FM, Radio Baha’i.

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