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'A reflection of his position': Portrait of S.C.’s 1st Black chief justice Ernest A. Finney Jr. hangs high in Mayesville

Posted 3/22/22

It only takes one person to change the course of another's life, and one Virginia native did just that for the lives of all in South Carolina.

Ernest A. Finney Jr. came to South Carolina when he was young. After getting an education and law …

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