South Carolina U.S. Senate candidate Alvin Greene remains a mystery to many voters even after his surprise win in the June 8 Democratic primary. Greene attempted to lift the veil on his candidacy in his first campaign speech Sunday to the Manning branch of the NAACP before a packed gymnasium at Manning Junior High School. The crowd included a number of members from local, state and national media.

Speaking in slow, deliberate tones during his nearly seven minute speech, Greene says his candidacy is about securing employment for state citizens. Greene says he will work to improve the state’s public school system, Greene pointed out that the state has made massive cuts in education, despite education’s woeful record.

Greene says in an effort to create jobs, he will work to see that the state moves toward improving its infrastructure, including its roads and highways.

AUDIO: Portion of Alvin Greene’s speech in Manning 4:35

When commenting on the state’s criminal justice system , Greene seemed to be referring to himself when he said that the punishment should fit the crime. Last November, Greene was charged in Columbia, which is in the 5th Judicial Circuit, with an obscenity charge. A female student at the University of South Carolina said he showed her Internet pornography in a computer lab and tried to go to her dorm room with her. Greene was due in state court last week. The case was continued.

AUDIO: Greene comments on criminal justice system 2:02

Following his speech, Greene took no questions from the audience or the media. Greene will face GOP incumbent Jim DeMint in the November general election.