releases: https://clyburn.house.gov/clyburn-statement-on-the-passing-of-justice-ernest-finney/
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| https://clyburn.house.gov/clyburn-statement-on-the-passing-of-justice-ernest-finney/ | Clyburn Statement on the Passing of Justice Ernest Finney | 2017-12-05 | 2017 | 2017-12 | Democrat | House | SC | James E. Clyburn | C000537 | clyburn.house.gov | clyburn | https://clyburn.house.gov/press-releases/ | scraper | WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. House Assistant Democratic Leader James E. Clyburn (SC) released the following statement today on the passing of Justice Ernest Finney: “I was deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Justice Ernest Finney, Jr. He was a pioneering advocate for social justice who had an enormous impact on South Carolina. The first African American Chief Justice of the state Supreme Court, Justice Finney blazed a trail like few others. In the civil rights activities of the 1960s, Finney, then a local attorney in my hometown of Sumter, represented freedom fighters and Freedom Riders who were arrested, detained, and tried throughout South Carolina. I will miss my friend. My wife Emily and I want to express our deepest sympathies to his family and friends.” | 1 | 2026-03-30T01:40:41Z | 2026-04-08T22:19:19Z |