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.
