Mayesville event honors South Carolina's 1st Black chief justice, Ernest A. Finney Jr.
BY ALAYSHA MAPLE
alaysha@theitem.com
alaysha@theitem.com
Posted 3/18/22
Residents and public officials of surrounding counties will gather to honor South Carolina's first Black chief justice, Ernest A. Finney Jr., in an unveiling of his portrait on Saturday in Mayesville.
Born in 1931, Ernest Adolphus Finney Jr. was …
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