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Finney reflects on storied career of SC's first black chief justice
Ernest A. Finney Jr, the state's first black chief justice, retires at 69 after a career starting in the 1950s when the state bar was all white. He credits others with opportunities, rejects racism as excuse, and plans a quieter retirement while remaining a judge in spirit and influence.
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