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>>> RUSSIAN MISSILES HAVE STRUCK EVERY POWER PLANT IN UKRAINE, A CAMPAIGN TO MAKE WINTER A WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION.
WE FOUND FAMILIES BURNING FIREWOOD IN THEIR HOMES, ENDURING BY CANDLELIGHT, AND MORE DEFIANT THAN EVER.
I REALLY WANT TO GO AND GIVE THAT PUTIN A REALLY GREAT SLAP IN THE FACE, A GREAT BIG SLAP IN THE FACE FROM A WOMAN.
>> WHEN SANNA MARIN WAS ELECTED PRIME MINISTER OF FINLAND IN 2019, SHE MADE HISTORY. AT 34 YEARS OLD, MARIN BECAME
THE YOUNGEST HEAD OF GOVERNMENT IN THE WORLD. BUT IT WASN'T THE PRIME MINISTER'S TOUGH STANCE AGAINST
VLADIMIR PUTIN THAT CAUGHT THE WORLD'S ATTENTION LAST SUMMER. IT WAS HER DANCING. >> I'M LIVING MY LIFE.
I'M STILL DANCING. I'M DRINKING OCCASIONALLY, MEETING MY FRIENDS. I'M DOING ALL KIND OF THINGS
THAT ARE NORMAL FOR MY AGE PEOPLE. >>> IT'S ALMOST LIKE GOING INTO THE PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME.
THIS IS BIG FOR ME. >> THAT'S JERRY RICE, THE NFL'S GREATEST ALL-TIME WIDE RECEIVER, TALKING ABOUT HAVING HIS
FAMILY'S BACK STORY INCLUDED IN SOMETHING CALLED THE HISTORY MAKERS, AN EXPANSIVE DIGITAL ARCHIVE OF FIRST-PERSON ACCOUNTS
FROM A WHO'S WHO OF BLACK AMERICANS, CREATED BY A NON-PARTISAN, NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION.
THERE ARE 3,500 INTERVIEWS SO FAR NOW STORED AT THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. >>> I'M LESLEY STAHL.
>> I'M BILL WHITAKER. >> I'M ANDERSON COOPER. >> I'M SHARYN ALFONSI. >> I'M SCOTT PELLEY.
THOSE STORIES AND MORE >>> THIS PAST WEEK, VLADIMIR PUTIN UNLEASHED ANOTHER AIR ASSAULT ON UKRAINIAN FAMILIES
AND THEIR POWER GRID IN HIS CAMPAIGN TO TURN WINTER IN A WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION. 44 MILLION UKRAINIAN MEN, WOMEN,
AND CHILDREN ENDURE HOURS OR DAYS WITHOUT LIGHT, HEAT, OR WATER. WE MET SOME OF THEM ON CENTRAL
STREET IN A TOWN CALLED BORODYANKA, NORTHWEST OF KYIV. IN THE BLACKEST DAYS IN EUROPE █ SINCE WORLD WAR II, WE FOUND
FAMILIES FACING TERROR WITH CANDLES AGAINST THE DARKNESS. >> Reporter: THE POWER WAS OUT THE NIGHT WE MET VERA SAVCHENKO.
THE GREAT GRANDMOTHER IS THE ONLY LEFT IN HER STREET. BACK IN MARCH WHEN BORODYANKA WAS BOMBED, THE WIDOW MOVED OUT.
SHE TOLD US, ON THE 20th OF MAY, I SAID, THAT'S IT. I'M GOING HOME. THEY TRIED TO TALK ME INTO
STAYING, BUT I SAID, NO, I'M GOING HOME. THEY WERE HER DAUGHTER AND SON-IN-LAW, WHO TOOK HER IN
AFTER THE INVASION. MY SON-IN-LAW SAID, LET HER GO. SHE'LL GET COLD, AND SHE'LL COME BACK.
BUT OUT OF PRINCIPLE, I DECIDED, NO, I WON'T GO BACK. AND SO I DIDN'T. I STAYED HERE.
HER PRINCIPLE IS DEFIANCE, UNDIMMED IN THE FRAGILE LIGHT, UNBROKEN BY THE 25-DEGREE NIGHT. THE SIGN ON HER DOOR READS,
DANGER. AND THE VIEW FROM THIS APARTMENT IN HER BUILDING REVEALS WHY. THIS IS CENTRAL STREET IN
BORODIANKA. IN MARCH, PUTIN'S AIR FORCE DESTROYED 144 BUILDINGS IN DOER BORODIANKA.
UKRAINE DROVE RUSSIA ROUT, BUT CENTRAL IS CROWDED WITH MEMORIALS TO MURDERED CIVILIANS. SURVIVORS INCLUDE TATIANA
SOLOGUB, WHO WE FOUND SHOVELING THE ASHES OF HER LIFE. I DON'T EVEN HAVE A SPOON OR A BOWL, SHE SAID.
EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING WAS HERE. I'VE BEEN LEFT WITH NOTHING. ON HER BALCONY, SHE TOLD US HER SON ENLISTED IN THE ARMY THE
FIRST DAY OF THE INVASION. SHE'S NOW MOVED INTO A PUBLIC SHELTER POWERED BY A GENERATOR. BUT HER NEIGHBOR, SERHII
BONDARENKO, SHOWED US HOW MILLIONS OF UKRAINIANS ENDURE PUTIN'S WAR ON LIGHT AND HEAT. FOR NOW, HE TOLD US, WE HAVE
FIREWOOD. WE SURVIVE ANY WAY WE CAN. BONDARENKO'S NEW WOOD STOVE IS VENTED THROUGH A HOLE HE KNOCKED
IN THE WALL. A CAR BATTERY POWERS A STRING OF LIGHTS. AND WELL WATER FILLS IN FOR THE
DRIED UP TAP. WE NOTICED A THERMOMETER INSIDE WAS CHILLED TO 40 DEGREES, BUT HE TOLD US, WE'RE UKRAINIAN.
IF THE TEMPERATURE OUTSIDE IS ABOVE FREEZING, WE OPEN THE WINDOWS SO THE HEAT CAN GET IN. A SENSE OF HUMOR AND INGENUITY
SUSTAINED UKRAINE THROUGH THE WORST AERIAL BOMBARDMENT OF EUROPEANS SINCE WORLD WAR II. THERE HAVE BEEN 14 MASSIVE
ASSAULTS ON THE NATIONAL POWER GRID IN THE LAST 18 WEEKS. EVERY POWER PLANT HAS BEEN HIT. HALF THE ELECTRICITY IS OUT.
THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW DAYS WITHOUT BLACKOUTS, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, POWER IS RATIONED, ROUGHLY FOUR HOURS ON, FOUR OFF,
NATIONWIDE. IN OCTOBER, DRONES ZEROED IN ON THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE NATIONAL POWER COMPANY.
THAT'S THE CEO, VOLODYMYR CUD RITZ SKI. >> CUE DRITS KI ALLOWED US TO SEE A DAMAGED FACILITY, WHICH IS
NOW AMONG ONE OF THE MOST SENSITIVE NATIONAL SECURITY SITES IN UKRAINE. WHEN THIS 200-TON TRANSFORMER
BURNED, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS LOST POWER. CREWS RACED TO IMPROVISE REPAIRS AND SPRINT TO SHELTER WHEN THE
MISSILES COME BACK. SOME HAVE BEEN KILLED. >> YOUR CREWS ARE ON THE FRONT LINE, ALMOST LIKE A SOLDIER.
>> THIS ENGINEER IS IN CHARGE OF REPAIRS NATIONWIDE. AND SO, FOR SECURIY REASONS, THEY ASKED US NOT TO USE HIS
NAME. HE TOLD US, THE ARMED FORCES OF UKRAINE HAVE THEIR FRONT LINE THAT THEY DEFEND, AND WE HOLD
THE ENERGY FRONT. SO, YES, THESE ARE PRACTICALLY SOLDIERS. >> WHAT ARE THE RUSSIANS TRYING
TO DO? >> SO, THEY CANNOT WIN THE WAR AT THE BATTLEFIELD, SO THEY ARE EFFECTIVELY TERRORIZING
POPULATIONS, CIVILIANS, TO BLACKMAIL POLITICAL LEADERSHIP TO START NEGOTIATIONS. THIS IS WHAT THEY ARE DOING.
>> THIS IS TERRORISM IN YOUR VIEW? >> ABSOLUTELY, YES. >> Reporter: TERROR FOUND
ANATOLIY KAHARLITSKIY ON THE QUIET STREET WHERE HE'S LIVED 40 YEARS. HIS FAMILY WAS COOKING UP A NEW
YEAR'S EVE CELEBRATION, WHEN A MISSILE MEANT FOR THE GRID RUINED HIS HOPES AND PLANS FOR ALL THE YEARS TO COME.
HE FOUND HIS DAUGHTER-IN-LAW IN THE WRECKAGE OF HIS HOME. SHE WAS CRUSHED, BROKEN, HE SAID.
SHE DIED IN AN INSTANT. HE'S A RETIRED REPORTER, USED TO MAKING SENSE OF FACTS. BUT IN THIS, THERE IS ONLY
BEWILDERMENT. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THIS IS HAPPENING. THIS IS RUSSIA'S WORLD.
THIS IS HOW THEY ARE LIBERATING US. THESE ARE PIECES OF THE MISSILE. >> Translator: YES, PIECES OF
THE MISSILE. ALL OF THIS WAS FLYING HERE AND THERE. HOW CAN YOU ESCAPE FROM IT?
>> KAHARLITSKIY DID NOT ESCAPE. THEY STITCHED ME UP ALL OVER, HE SAID. HIS WIFE SURVIVED WITH THEIR SON
AND GRANDSON. HIS DAUGHTER-IN-LAW WAS 36. >> WAS THIS THEIR WEDDING DAY? >> Translator: YES.
YES, THIS WAS THE WEDDING DAY. >> Reporter: SHE WAS AN ACCOUNTANT AND MOTHER TO A 10-YEAR-OLD SON.
WHAT SHOULD THE WORLD KNOW ABOUT THIS WAR? >> Translator: PEOPLE SHOULD REALIZE THAT THIS INFECTION
THAT'S COMING FROM MOSCOW, IT WON'T STOP HERE. IF THEY OVERCOME US HERE, THEY'LL MOVE FURTHER INTO
EUROPE. I AM 74 YEARS OLD. I WENT TO THE GUN RANGE FOR SHOOTING PRACTICE.
I WILL FIGHT IF THEY COME HERE. I WILL FIGHT UNTIL THEY KILL ME. >> Reporter: RECENTLY, UKRAINE HAS BEEN KILLING MORE OF THE
MISSILES AIMED AT THE GRID. KYIV COPS MORTALLY WOUNDED A SLOW-FLYING DRONE. BELOW THE SOUND OF GUNFIRE, THE
CAPITAL OF 3 MILLION VIBRATES WITH SOME OF THE 800,000 GENERATORS UKRAINE HAS IMPORTED. AT NIGHT, THE CITY DARKENS MOST
WINDOWS AND KILLS ITS STREET LAMP LS LAMPS, LEAVING MOSTLY HEADLIGHTS UNDER A WINTER SKY TOO THICK FOR
THE MOON. AN ESTIMATED 1,200 MISSILES AND DRONES HAVE ATTACKED THE GRID. AND BACK ON CENTRAL STREET, WE
FOUND A WOMAN WHO CAN SUM UP THE RAGE. OKSANA CROW OKSANA KORONIK IS A NURSE, WHO
IS CAMPING IN HER BLACKED OUT APARTMENT WITH HER HUSBAND AND SON. SHE SEEMS TO BE FIGHTING THE
WHOLE RUSSIAN ARMY TO CLAW BACK SOMETHING NORMAL. WHEN YOU CAME BACK HOME AFTER THE BOMBING, WHAT DID YOU SEE?
>> Translator: HORROR. HORROR, OKSANA TOLD US. IT HURT. EVERY CELL IN MY BODY WAS IN
PAIN. I COULD NOT BEAR TO SEE IT. WE POURED OUR SOUL, OUR FINANCES, OUR WORK INTO THIS.
I CRIED FOR PROBABLY THREE WEEKS. >> Reporter: THE GAS IS BACK ON IN APARTMENT 28, BUT FOR LIGHTS
AND PHONES, SHE HAS CAR BATTERIES THAT LAST NINE HOURS, IF SHE'S CAREFUL. GROCERIES ARE CHILLED IN A ROOM
WITH A WINDOW CRACKED, AND IT GALLS HER WHEN TIMOTHY MISSES ONLINE SCHOOL BECAUSE THE POWER IS OUT.
THIS IS HIS ACTUAL SCHOOL ON CENTRAL STREET. UKRAINE SAYS PUTIN HAS DESTROYED 214 SCHOOLS.
THE U.N. COUNTS 683 ATTACKS ON HOSPITALS AND CLINICS. >> THE RUSSIANS SAY THAT THEY'RE ATTACKING ONLY MILITARY TARGETS.
>> Translator: NO. THEY HAVE DESTROYED OUR LIFE. THEY DESTROYED OUR KINDERGARTEN. THEY DESTROYED OUR SCHOOL.
THEY DESTROYED OUR MUSIC SCHOOL. FOR SOME PEOPLE, THEY'VE EVEN DESTROYED THEIR WORKPLACE. THEY HAVE DESTROYED EVERYTHING.
THEY HAVE DESTROYED US FROM THE INSIDE OUT. I RECOGNIZE NOW THAT I AM FEELING HATRED FOR OTHER PEOPLE.
I WAS NEVER THIS KIND OF PERSON BEFORE. >> Reporter: BUT THEN, SHE'D NEVER DOWNLOADED AN AIR RAID APP
BEFORE. IT'S CONNECTED TO THE NATIONAL WARNING SYSTEM, BUT SHE FINALLY MUTED THE SOUND.
TOO MANY SIRENS, DAY AND NIGHT. >> Reporter: THE RUSSIANS BELIEVE THAT IF THEY CAN KEEP YOUR FAMILY IN THE DARK AND IN
THE COLD LONG ENOUGH, YOUR WILL TO RESIST WILL DISSOLVE. >> Translator: NO. OUR WILL WILL NOT DISAPPEAR.
IT WILL ONLY GET STRONGER. I REALLY WANT TO GO AND GIVE THOSE RUSSIANS, THAT PUTIN, A REALLY GREAT SLAP IN THE FACE, A
GREAT BIG SLAP IN THE FACE FROM A WOMAN. >> Reporter: THEY O. Y MAKE >> Translator: THEY ONLY MAKE
THEMSELVES MORE HATED, WHILE WE ARE BECOMING MORE AND MORE UNITED. >> Reporter: AS ON EVERY FRONT
IN HIS UNPROVOKED UKRAINE FIASCO, PUTIN HAS FAILED HERE TOO. HE CAME UP AGAINST VIRA
SAVCHENKO, HER FINGERS WORKING, AND HER HEELS DUG IN. SOMEHOW, I'M NOT AFRAID ANYMORE, SHE SAID.
>> Translator: ON THURSDAY, IN THE CITY CENTER, THERE'S A MARKET. THIS THURSDAY, THERE WERE AIR
RAID SIRENS. THERE WAS SHOOTING. BUT FOR SOME REASON, IT DIDN'T FRIGHTEN ME THIS TIME.
I TURN UP THE VOLUME ON TV OR RADIO SO I DON'T HEAR ANYTHING. >> Reporter: IN A CONDEMNED BUILDING ON CENTRAL STREET, WE
SAW PUTIN'S TERROR CAMPAIGN UNITING UKRAINIANS LIKE AMERICANS AFTER 9/11. WE LEFT A GREAT GRANDMOTHER
NITTING DILIGENTLY INTO A DIM, COLD NIGHT. KNITTING WITH A VENGEANCE. KNITTING SOCKS FOR UKRAINIAN
SOLDIERS. >>> GO INSIDE UKRAINE'S FIGHT TO KEEP THE POWER ON. .
>>> WHEN SANNA MARIN WAS ELECTED PRIME MINISTER OF FINLAND IN 2019, SHE MADE HISTORY. AT 34 YEARS OLD, MARIN BECAME
THE YOUNGEST HEAD OF GOVERNMENT IN THE WORLD. BUT IT WASN'T THE PRIME MINISTER'S POLITICAL MOVES THAT
CAUGHT THE WORLD'S ATTENTION LAST SUMMER. IT WAS HER DANCING. YOU MAY RECALL THE UPROAR AFTER
A VIDEO OF THE MILLENNIAL PRIME MINISTER PARTYING WITH FRIENDS WAS LEAKED TO THE PRESS. PRIME MINISTER MARIN WAS ALREADY
IN THE SPOTLIGHT AFTER RUSSIA INVADED UKRAINE LAST YEAR. FINLAND AND RUSSIA SHARE A LONG BORDER AND A COMPLICATED
HISTORY. IN MAY, PRIME MINISTER MARIN, ANNOUNCED FINLAND WOULD APPLY FOR NATO MEMBERSHIP, A BOLD MOVE
THAT ENDED SEVEN DECADES OF FINNISH NEUTRALITY. >> I THINK VLADIMIR PUTIN IS NOT SOMEONE YOU CAN REASON WITH.
HIS ACTIONS ARE EMOTIONAL AND IT'S BASED ON SOME FEELING OF HISTORY AND GREATNESS OF RUSSIA. THEY SEE UKRAINE PART OF RUSSIA,
AND THEY THINK THAT THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO ATTACK ANOTHER INDEPENDENT COUNTRY. >> DO YOU THINK THAT, AS WE SIT
HERE RIGHT NOW, THAT RUSSIA POSES A THREAT TO FINLAND? >> I THINK RUSSIA POSES A THREAT TO ALL OF EUROPE.
THEY ARE ATTACKING ANOTHER COUNTRY. THEY ARE KILLING CIVILIANS. THEY ARE DEMOLISHING
IFRASTRUCTURE. RUSSIA POSES A THREAT TO ALL OF US, AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT UKRAINE WILL WIN.
>> WE MET SANNA MARIN AT THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICIAL RESIDENCE IN HELSINKI. >> OH, WOW, THIS IS BEAUTIFUL.
>> A QUIET SPOT OVERLOOKING THE FROZEN BALTIC SEA. >> WE ALSO HAVE OUR OWN HOME. >> Reporter: MOMENTS OF QUIET
HAVE BEEN FEW AND FAR BETWEEN FOR PRIME MINISTER MARIN, WHO, OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, HAS MOVED FROM ONE ONCE IN A
LIFETIME CRISIS TO ANOTHER. THE MOST DEFINING ONE UNFOLDING LAST YEAR. FINLAND'S 800-MILE BORDER WITH
RUSSIA IS THE LONGEST OF ANY EUROPEAN UNION COUNTRY. >> HOW QUICKLY AFTER THE INVASION DID YOU DECIDE THAT
FINLAND SHOULD JOIN NATO? >> I KNEW RIGHT AWAY. I WAS LEANING IN FAVOR OF NATO EVEN BEFORE.
BUT THE COUNTRY WASN'T READY TO ASK THE FINNISH PEOPLE OR POLITICIANS IN THE PARLIAMENT. BEFORE THE WAR MATURITY, WOULD
HAVE SAID NO. BUT AFTER THE WAR STARTED, I KNEW IMMEDIATELY THIS WAS THE ONLY WAY OF FINLAND TO JOIN THE
ALLIANCE. >> WHEN YOU SAY, THIS IS THE ONLY WAY, WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT?
>> WELL, WE ARE A NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR TO RUSSIA. AND NOW WE HAVE SEEN THAT RUSSIA IS ATTACKING, TODAY, THEIR
NEIGHBORING COUNTRY. AND WE DON'T EVER AGAIN WANT TO SEE WAR IN FINLAND. SO, WE ARE ASKING OURSELVES,
WHAT IS THE LINE THAT RUSSIA WOULDN'T CROSS? AND THAT'S THE NATO LINE. >> Reporter: THE INVASION OF
UKRAINE OPENED OLD SCARS FOR MANY IFINNS. 1939, FINLAND WAS INVADED BY THE SOVIET UNION.
SINCE WORLD WAR II, FINLAND HAS BEEN RELATIVELY NEUTRAL. ITS LEADERS CHARACTERIZED AS BEAR WHISPERS FOR THEIR ABILITY
TO STAND UP TO VLADIMIR PUTIN BUT NOT PROVOKE HIM. THE PRESIDENT OF FINLAND, WHO OVERSEAS FOREIGN POLICY,
REPORTEDLY LAST SPOKE TO PUTIN LAST MAY, THE SAME MONTH FINLAND SUBMITTED ITS APPLICATION TO JOIN NATO.
>> PUTIN HAS SAID RUSSIA MAY BE FORCED TO TAKE RETALIATORY STEPS. DO YOU VIEW THOSE WORDS AAS I
THREAT? >> I THINK WE SHOULD MAKE OUR DECISIONS NOT BASED BY FEAR BUT WHAT WE REALLY FEEL AND THINK.
AND THAT'S WHY WE ARE JOINING NATO, AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL BE MEMBERS OF NATO VERY SOON. >> IT'S ONE THING TO SAY, WE
SUPPORT UKRAINE. IT'S A VERY DIFFERENT THING TO GO TO UKRAINE, TO STAND NEXT TO PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY, WHICH YOU
DID, WHICH WAS A BOLD MOVE. WHY DID YOU CHOOSE TO DO THAT? >> WELL, I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE SHOWING
SOLIDARITY IN MANY WAYS, BY SENDING HUMANITARIAN AID, FINANCIAL AID, MILITARY AID, EQUIPMENT, FOR EXAMPLE, AND I
THINK IT SENDS A VERY IMPORTANT MESSAGE THAT WE ARE IN IT TOGETHER. THEY ARE NOT ALONE.
WE ARE RIGHT BESIDE THEM. >> Reporter: TAKING SIDES IS NOT WHAT THE FINNS ARE KNOWN FOR. BUT SANNA MARIN SEEMS TO ENJOY
BREAKING TRADITION. MARIN, WHO WAS RAISED BY HER MOTHER AND HER FEMALE PARTNER IN A WORKING CLASS NEIGHBORHOOD,
WAS THE FIRST IN HER FAMILY TO GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL AND LATER COLLEGE. SHE WAS ELECTED TO CITY COUNCIL
IN 2007. SOON, HER CONTENTIOUS DEBATES WERE SHARED AROUND YOUTUBE. SHE WAS ELECTED TO PARLIAMENT AS
A MEMBER OF THE LEFT-LEANING SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY. AT AGE 34, SHE WAS NAMED THE PRIME MINISTER OF FINLAND, THE
MOST POWERFUL POLITICAL POSITION IN THE COUNTRY. >> WAS THAT YOUR INTENTION? >> I NEVER REALLY HAD FOCUS
ABOUT MY OWN CAREER. I KNOW THAT SOUNDS INTERESTING BECAUSE I AM IN THIS POSITION. BUT IT'S ALSO COINCIDENCE THAT I
BECAME A PRIME MINISTER. >> REALLY? YOU CAN BECOME PRIME MINISTER BY COINCIDENCE?
>> WELL, I WAS THE FIRST VICE CHAIR OF OUR PARTY WHEN THE LAST PREVIOUS PRIME MINISTER RESIGNED.
AND THEN I HAD TO STEP UP. >> Reporter: THE FORMER PRIME MINISTER SUBMITTED HIS RESIGNATION AFTER HE WAS ACCUSED
OF MISHANDLING A POSTAL STRIKE. MARIN WAS CHOSEN BY HER PARTY TO FILL HIS SHOES. >> BUT IT WASN'T SOMETHING I
PURSUED. I WASN'T SURE, IS IT SOMETHING THAT I PERSONALLY WANT? OR AM I CAPABLE OF DOING ALL OF
THOSE THINGS? BUT I THOUGHT THAT IF SOMEBODY ELSE CAN DO IT, WHY NOT ME? >> Reporter: MARIN, WHO WAS THE
MOTHER OF A NEWBORN, WITH HER NOW HUSBAND, TOOK OFFICE IN DECEMBER 2019, LEADING A HISTORIC COALITION GOVERNMENT IN
WHICH ALL PARTY LEADERS WERE WOMEN. A MONTH LATER, THE PRIME MINISTER AND HER NEW CABINET
WERE TESTED WITH A GLOBAL PANDEMIC. >> THAT HAD TO BE JUST A CRASH COURSE OF LEADERSHIP FOR YOU.
WHAT WERE THOSE DAYS LIKE, AS YOU WERE FIGURING THAT OUT? >> EVERYBODY WAS, LIKE, FROZEN IN THE BEGINNING.
WHAT SHOULD WE DO? AND THEN IT REALLY TOOK POLITICAL LEADERSHIP FROM ME BUT ALSO MANY MINISTERS THAT WERE IN
THE CENTER, IN THE MIDDLE, OF THE CRISIS. SO, IT WAS ALSO LONELY. IT TOOK COURAGE, A LOT, TO DO
THOSE VERY DIFFICULT CHOICES THAT WE WEREN'T PREPARED BEFORE. >> Reporter: SHE'S TALKING ABOUT WHEN SHE ORDERED HER COUNTRY'S
BORDERS AND SCHOOLS TO BE SHUT DOWN IN MARCH OF 2020 AND PROMPTLY IMPOSED A LOCKDOWN. FINLAND FARED BETTER THAN MOST
OF EUROPE, WITH LOWER INFECTION RATES AND A QUICKER ECONOMIC RECOVERY. PRIME MINISTER MARIN WAS PRAISED
FOR HER STEADY LEADERSHIP AND EARNED AN 85% APPROVAL RATING FOR HER HANDLING OF THE CRISIS. BUT AS THE PANDEMIC CAME TO AN
END, THE PUBLIC SPOTLIGHT TURNED TO THE PRIME MINISTER'S PRIVATE LIFE. IN AUGUST, A SERIES OF PRIVATE
VIDEOS, INCLUDING ONE OF THE PRIME MINISTER DANCING WITH FRIENDS, WAS LEAKED TO THE PRESS AND MADE INTERNATIONAL
HEADLINES. CRITICS ACCUSED HER OF EMBARRASSING FINLAND, A COUNTRY THAT PRIDES ITSELF ON BEING
STOIC AND RESERVED. OPPONENTS REQUIRED SHE TAKE A DRUG TEST, WHICH WAS NEGATIVE. MARIN HELD BACK TEARS, DEFENDING
HER ACTIONS, SAYING, I AM A HUMAN. DURING THESE DARK TIMES, I TOO NEED SOME JOY, LIGHT, AND FUN.
SHE ADDED SHE'D NEVER MISSED A DAY OF WORK. IN YOUR APOLOGY, YOU SAID, I'M A HUMAN.
DO YOU THINK POLITICIANS ARE ALLOWED TO BE HUMAN NOW? >> I THINK WE NEED MORE POLITICIANS THAT ARE HUMAN, THAT
ARE NORMAL HUMAN, ALSO SHOWING EMOTIONS AND ALSO BEING THEMSELVES BECAUSE THEY ARE REPRESENTING ORDINARY PEOPLE.
>> Reporter: ON SOCIAL MEDIA, WOMEN AROUND THE WORLD RUSHED TO MARIN'S DEFENSE POSTING VIDEOS OF THEMSELVES DANCING IN
SOLIDARITY. >> THOSE VIDEOS WEREN'T SOMETHING THAT I WANTED TO BE LEAKED.
THOSE WERE PRIVATE. IT WAS PRIVATE APARTMENT AND PRIVATE VIDEOS. BUT OF COURSE THAT DIDN'T STOP
THE MEDIA OF PUBLISHING THEM. >> BUT THE BACKLASH, YOU KNOW, BORIS JOHNSON, THERE'S VIDEOS OF HIM DANCING.
>> AND THERE'S VIDEOS OF A LOT OF PEOPLE DANCING. >> AND IT WASN'T AN INTERNATIONAL INCIDENT.
>> YEAH. >> DO YOU THINK IT WAS BECAUSE YOU WERE A WOMAN AND A YOUNG WOMAN THAT YOU WERE CRITICIZED
THE WAY YOU WERE CRITICIZED? >> I THINK ONE OF THE REASONS WHY IT CAUSED THAT KIND OF FRENZY WAS THE WAY I LOOKED IN
THE VIDEOS, THE WAY I DANCED. AND SOME PEOPLE THOUGHT THAT'S NOT APPROPRIATE BECAUSE THERE ARE THESE NON-WRITTEN RULES
STILL UNFORTUNATELY FOR WOMEN AND ESPECIALLY WOMEN IN THESE POSITIONS, THAT YOU SHOULDN'T BE HUMAN BE.
THAT YOU SHOULD ONLY BE PUT IN CERTAIN KIND OF POSITION AND THAT YOU SHOULD STAY IN THAT POSITION.
I DON'T CARE ABOUT THOSE RULES. I REALLY DON'T. I'M LIVING MY LIFE. I'M STILL DANCING.
I'M DRINKING OCCASIONALLY, MEETING MY FRIENDS, AND DOING ALL KIND OF THINGS THAT ARE NORMAL FOR MY AGE PEOPLE.
I DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD GIVE THAT ROOM FOR -- I THINK WE SHOULD ALL JUST BE OURSELVES. AND PEOPLE CAN VOTE.
WE LIVE IN DEMOCRACY. THAT'S THE GOOD THING. THEY CAN VOTE. THEY CAN VOTE ME OUT IF THEY
WANT. >> Reporter: PRIME MINISTER MARIN IS UP FOR RE-ELECTION IN APRIL.
WE WENT WITH HER TO A PARTY KICKOFF EVENT EARLIER THIS MONTH THAT LOOKED MORE LIKE A YOU'RE VISION
UROVISION COMPETITION. REFITTING OF A ROCK STAR. >> HOW DID YOU FEEL ABOUT TODAY? >> IT'S VERY GOOD ATMOSPHERE.
PEOPLE ARE SO HAPPY. THEY ARE WILLING TO MAKE THE CAMPAIGN HAPPEN AND REALLY WIN THE ELECTION.
>> Reporter: POLLS SHOW MARIN IS THE MOST POPULAR PRIME MINISTER IN FINLAND IN 30 YEARS. SHE MANAGES HER OWN INSTAGRAM
ACCOUNT OF MORE THAN A MILLION FOLLOWERS. POSING FOR PHOTOS AT ROCK FESTIVALS AND SHOWING UP ON
REALITY SHOWS. BUT THE PRIME MINISTER IS FACING A TIGHT RACE AGAINST THE CONSERVATIVE TRUE FINNS PARTY.
>> VOTERS TO THE RIGHT WITH THE ANTIIMMIGRATION SENTIMENT, DOES THAT CONCERN YOU HERE IN FINLAND?
>> I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE ANSWER TO ANYTHING. I REALLY SEE THE PROBLEMS WE ARE FACING ALSO BECAUSE OUR
POPULATION IS AGING. WE NEED MORE PEOPLE IN FINLAND. SO, I THINK THE FAR RIGHT, THEY ARE REALLY WRONG.
AND IT'S VERY, VERY DANGEROUS. POLITICS ALSO BECAUSE WE CANNOT -- OURSELF. >> WHY DO YOU THINK IT'S
DANGEROUS? >> BECAUSE IF WE WOULD CLOSE OUR DOORS, KNOW THE PEOPLE, THEN WE WOULDN'T HAVE THAT ECONOMIC
GROWTH. WE WOULDN'T HAVE NEW JOBS. WE WOULDN'T HAVE THE PROSPECTS. AND THEY HAVE ALSO SAID THAT
THEIR AIM AND GOAL IS TO GET RID OF EUROPEAN UNION, TO LEAVE EUROPEAN UNION. >> WHAT WOULD THAT MEAN TO
FINLAND? >> IT WOULD BE A CATASTROPHE TO FINLAND IF WE WERE TO LEAVE. IT WOULD BE SO STUPID, I WOULD
SAY, BLUNTLY. WE HAVE SEEN THE PROBLEMS WITH BREXIT AND GREAT BRITAIN. IT'S A BIGGER COUNTRY THAN
FINLAND. WE ARE A SMALL COUNTRY. WE HAVE AN AGGRESSIVE NEIGHBOR. THERE'S NO OTHER CHOICE OR
POSSIBILITY FOR US THAN TO STAY IN THE EUROPEAN UNION. >> Reporter: IT IS A DEFINING MOMENT FOR FINLAND AND FOR PRIME
MINISTER MARIN. JUST AFTER OUR VISIT, SHE APPEARED WITH OTHER HEADS OF STATE AT THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE
AND SNAPPED A SELFIE WITH PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY. >> YOUR CRITICS SAID YOU WERE TOO YOUNG, YOU WERE
INEXPERIENCED. YOU HAVE SINCE NEGOTIATED A GLOBAL PANDEMIC. YOU'VE GONE TOE TO TOE WITH
VLADIMIR PUTIN. WHAT DO YOU SAY TO YOUR CRITICS NOW? >> I DON'T FOCUS ON THEIR
CRITICS. THEY WILL FAULT WHATEVER I DO. YOU SHOULD FOCUS ON THE ISSUES THAT ARE ON THE TABLE.
AND I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS NOT TO BE AFRAID. I THINK TOO MANY PEOPLE ARE LIVING THEIR LIVES TO BE TOO
AFRAID. AND I THINK ALSO TOO MANY POLITICIANS ARE NOT DOING THE IMPORTANT POSITIONS BECAUSE THEY
ARE AFRAID. . >>> AT A TIME WHEN WE'RE HAVING A NATIONAL DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW
BLACK HISTORY FITS INTO THE AMERICAN MOSAIC, WE DISCOVERED THAT MANY STORIES OF BLACK ACHIEVEMENT ARE SLIPPING AWAY,
GOING UNPRESERVED FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. A NON-PROFIT, NON-PARTISAN ORGANIZATION CALLED THE
HISTORYMAKERS IS HOPING TO CHANGE THAT, BY CREATING AN EXPANSIVE DIGITAL ARCHIVE OF FIRST PERSON ACCOUNTS.
FOUNDER JULIEANNA RICHARDSON TOLD US SHE'S DETERMINED TO DOCUMENT THE DOCUMENT BLACK HISTORY IN
AMERICA ONE STORY AT A TIME. >> IN SOCIETY TODAY, WHO IS BEING VALUED. WHO HAS VALUE AND WHO DOESN'T?
YOU PRESERVE WHAT HAS VALUE. >> Reporter: JULIEANNA RICHARDSON HAS BEEN PRESERVING BLACK AMERICAN STORIES FOR THE
PAST TWO DECADES. ONE DAY SHE'S INTERVIEWING THE FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT OF RUTGERS UNIVERSITY.
>> WHAT THINGS DID YOU FIND OUT ABOUT? >> THE DAILY RACISM MY SIBLINGS DEALT WITH.
>> ANOTHER DAY, ANITA HILL. >> IN THREE COUNTIES, THE CENSUS TAKERS ACTUALLY BOTHERED TO LIST THE SLAVES BY NAME.
AND THAT'S HOW I MET AND FOUND OUT WHO MY GREAT, GREAT GRANDPARENTS WERE. >> Reporter: HILL, KNOWN FOR HER
TESTIMONY AGAINST CLARENCE THOMAS, WASN'T EASY TO GET. >> IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING. I'M REALLY HAPPY TO HAVE YOU
HERE. >> WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO HAVE THESE FIRST-PERSON ACCOUNTS? >> HOW ELSE ARE YOU GOING TO
KNOW WHAT REALLY HAS HAPPENED IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY IF YOU DON'T ALLOW THE COMMUNITY TO SPEAK FOR ITSELF.
ITSELF? >> YOU'VE CALLED THESE AMERICA'S MISSING STORIES. >> THEY ARE.
THEY'RE AMERICA'S MISSING STORIES. AND AMERICAN HISTORY WON'T BE COMPLETE WITHOUT THEM.
>> Reporter: RUCH >> Reporter: RICHARDSON AND HER STAFF IN CHICAGO HAVE CREATED A HISTORY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN
HISTORIES. THERE ARE MORE THAN 3,500 INTERVIEWS SO FAR. EACH ONE IS TRANSCRIBED, THEN
POSTED ONLINE. IT'S A WHO'S WHO OF BLACK AMERICA. THERE ARE LUMINARIES LIKE POET,
MAYA ANGELOU. >> I'M NOT TALKING TO BLACKS AND BLACKS ALONE, NO, I'M TALKING TO EVERYBODY.
>> AND THERE ARE RISING STARS, LIKE A YOUNG BARACK OBAMA. >> WHO WOULD YOU SAY INFLUENCED YOU MOST IN YOUR LIFE?
>> RICHARDSON INTERVIEWED HIM WHEN HE WAS AN ILLINOIS STATE SENATOR. >> NOT JUST MALCOLM X, DR. KING,
BUT BOB MOSES AND FANNIE LOU HAMER AND ROSA PARKS. >> THINK ABOUT THIS IS 2001. BY 2008, HE'S PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES. IT'S EXTRAORDINARY. >> Reporter: EXTRAORDINARY IS A GOOD WAY TO DESCRIBE THE BREADTH
AND DEPTH OF THE COLLECTION. >> YOU WANT TO HEAR SOMETHING REAL CRAZY? >> YES.
>> Reporter: NOT LONG BEFORE HE DIED, BASS BARE TON WILLIAM WARFIELD GAVE AN IMPROMPTU PERFORMANCE IN GERMAN WHILE
RECOUNTING HIS PERFORMANCE OF "SHOW BOAT" THAT BROUGHT DOWN THE HOUSE. >> EVERYBODY WHO SEES THIS IS
SORT OF ENTHRALLED. >> Reporter: JULIEANNA RICHARDSON SAYS AS A CHILD, ALL SHE KNEW OF BLACK HISTORY WAS
THAT HER GREAT GRANDFATHER HAD BEEN ENSLAVED. SHE GREW UP IN A PREDOMINANTLY WHITE OHIO TOWN AND TOLD US,
WHEN SHE WAS NINE, SHE WAS THE ONLY BLACK STUDENT IN HER CLASS. >> YOU HAD NOT BEEN TAUGHT ANYTHING ABOUT BLACK AMERICAN
HISTORY IN SCHOOL? >> NOTHING. BUT I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE. >> NO.
I WASN'T EITHER. >> IT'S A COMMON STORY. >> AS A SOPHOMORE, SHE TRAVELLED TO SHOM BERG LIBRARY FOR A
PROJECT ON THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE. SHE HAD AN EPIPHANY WHILE LISTENING TO A SONG.
SHE THOUGHT WAS ABOUT PRESIDENT HARRY TRUMAN. >> I LEARNED FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT THIS SONG IS WRITTEN ABOUT
A BLACK SONG WRITING TEAM OF NOBLE SISSLE AND EUBIE BLAKE. AND I'M JUST LISTENING TO THE MUSIC.
AND IT WAS, LIKE, IT OPENED THE APPETITE. AND I'M READING AND I'M STUDYING AND I'M LISTENING AND I'M
HEARING. I'M HEARING THESE THINGS THAT I HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF FOR THE FIRST TIME.
>> Reporter: THE SPARK WAS LIT BUT DIDN'T CATCH FIRE. HER FATHER HAD WANTED HER TO BE A LAWYER.
AFTER HARVARD LAW SCHOOL, SHE HAD A SUCCESSFUL CAREER AS A CORPORATE LAWYER AND CABLE ENTREPRENEUR, BUT SHE WAS
RESTLESS. >> I WAS IN MY MID 40s. I DIDN'T HAVE CHILDREN. YOU GET TO A POINT IN YOUR LIFE
WHEN YOU START ASKING, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS GOING TO BE YOUR LEAVE BEHIND. WHAT IS GOING TO BE YOUR LEGACY?
AND I WANTED TO DO GOOD IN MY LIFE. >> Reporter: AS SHE MOLD HER FUTURE, SHE WENT TO A LEGAL
CONFERENCE IN MEMPHIS AND HER THE REVEREND BILLY KYLE, WHO WAS ON THE HOTEL BALCONY WITH DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. WHEN HE
WAS ASSASSINATED. RICHARDSON REALIZED THERE WERE LOTS OF IMPORTANT STORIES LIKE HIM.
>> AT THAT MOMENT, THE NAME HISTORYMAKERS CAME TO ME. AND I CAME BACK, AND I WAS LIKE, I KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO DO.
IT'S GOING TO BE CALLED THE HISTORYMAKERS, AND IT'S GOING TO BE AN ARCHIVE OF BLACK PEOPLE. >> IN THE BEGINNING, DID YOU
HAVE A LOT OF ENCOURAGEMENT? >> MY FRIENDS LITERALLY DID AN INTERVENTION. >> WITH NO MONEY, NO TRAINING,
SHE LAUNCHED THE HISTORYMAKERS IN 1999. AT FIRST, IT WASN'T EASY TO GET PEOPLE TO SHARE THEIR INTIMATE
STORIES WITH A STRANGER, BUT SHE CONVINCED THE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN COLONEL BILL THOMPSON. >> WE WERE FLYING NOW WITH WHITE
GUYS. >> HE SAYS, HAVE YOU HEARD OF THE GOLDEN 13? I SAID, NO COLONEL THOMPSON,
I'VE NEVER HEARD OF THE GOLDEN 13. HE SAID, WELL, THEY WERE THE NAVY'S VERSION OF THE TUSKEGEE
AIRMEN. HE SAID FOUR LIVE IN THIS COUNTRY, AND ONE LIVES UPSTAIRS. AND HE WANTS TO TALK TO YOU ALL.
AND IT WAS JUST AT THAT POINT THAT I, YOU KNOW, I KNEW WE'RE AT THE POINT OF DISCOVERING. >> Reporter: BY 2012, SHE HAD
DISCOVERED SO MUCH, THE ARCHIVE HAD GROWN SO VAST, THE COLLECTION SO SIGNIFICANT, THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS AGREED TO
BECOME ITS PERMANENT REPOSITORY, ALONGSIDE THE ONLY OTHER PROJECT OF ITS MAGNITUDE, THE SLAVE NARRATIVES RECORDED DURING THE
GREAT DEPRESSION. >> I GO, OH, MY GOD. THE STORIES OF THE FORMERLY ENSLAVED AND THE STORIES OF --
THE FORMERLY ENSLAVED ARE ALL TOGETHER. >> IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. >> IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.
YEP. IT DOESN'T GET BETTER THAN THAT. >> Reporter: JULIEANNA RICHARDSON IS NOT ONE TO REST ON
HER LAURELS. WHEN SHE'S NOT CONDUCTING INTERVIEWS, SHE'S FUNDRAISING. >> EVERY INTERVIEW COSTS US
$6,000 TO PROCESS. >> Reporter: WHEN SHE REALIZED THE ARCHIVE NEEDED MORE ATHLETES, SHE PERSUADED THE NFL
TO DONATE HUNDREDS OF HOURS OF ITS OWN INTERVIEWS WITH BLACK PLAYERS. LAST YEAR, SHE LANDED HALL OF
FAME WIDE RECEIVER JERRY RICE, WHO COULDN'T BELIEVE HE GOT THE CALL. >> BECAUSE IT'S ALMOST JUST LIKE
GOING INTO THE PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME. THIS IS BIG FOR ME. >> Reporter: RICE SHOWED US THE
49ers MUSEUM IN THEIR HOME STADIUM. >> SO, WHAT'S WITH ALL THESE FOOTBALLS?
>> WELL, THESE REPRESENT ALL MY TOUCHDOWNS. >> ALL OF THIS? >> YAERKS ALL OF THIS RIGHT
HERE. >> Reporter: HE SCORED 208 TOUCHDOWNS OVER 20 SEASONS, STILL AN NFL RECORD.
HE PLAYED IN FOUR SUPER BOWLS, WON THREE, AND SNAGGED A SUPER BOWL MVP. BUT RICE SAID, THE HISTORYMAKERS
WANTED TO KNOW AS MUCH ABOUT HIS UPBRINGING IN RURAL MISSISSIPPI. >> DID YOU HAVE INDOOR PLUMBING? >> NO, WE DIDN'T.
IT WAS OUTDOOR. >> HE TOLD US POVERTY FUELLED HIS DRIVE FOR SUCCESS. >> WE WERE VERY POOR.
VERY POOR. MY FATHER WAS A BRICKLAYER, AND HE WOULD TAKE ME TO WORK WITH HIM DURING THE SUMMER.
VERY DEMANDING WORK. I USED TO BE UP ON THE SCAFFOLD THAT WAS PROBABLY ABOUT 20 FEET IN THE AIR.
AND MY BROTHERS DOWN BELOW, THEY WOULD TOSS THE BRICKS UP, AND I WOULD SNATCH THE BRICKS OUT OF THE AIR.
AND I ALWAYS PRIDED MYSELF ON, YOU KNOW, BEING THAT REALLY STRONG LINK. >> WHAT'S IMPORTANT ABOUT YOUR
STORY FOR ANYBODY WHO STARTS SEARCHING FOR YOU? >> WITH THE YOUNGER GENERATION, WHEN THEY SEE SOMEONE, YOU KNOW,
WHO LOOKS LIKE THEM AND SAY, HEY, LOOK, THAT GUY, HE MADE IT, THAT MIGHT BE THAT LITTLE KICK, THAT LITTLE NUDGE, TO MAKE THEM
WORK A LITTLE BIT HARDER. >> Reporter: JULIEANNA RICHARDSON BELIEVES STORIES OF STRUGGLE AND SUCCESS ARE
POWERFUL MOTIVATORS FOR ALL RACES, ESPECIALLY YOUNG MINDS. SO, SHE'S CONVINCED MORE THAN 180 COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES TO
SUBSCRIBE TO HISTORYMAKERS. AND SHE RECENTLY ROLLED OUT A NEW CURRICULUM FOR SCHOOLS? NEW YORK, ATLANTA, CHICAGO, AND
CHARLOTTE. >> DID YOU KNOW IMMEDIATELY THAT YOU WANTED TO USE IT IN THE CLASSROOM?
>> YES, I DID. >> LAST SPRING, WE VISITED TEACHER RACHEL DAVIS AND HER SOCIAL STUDIES CLASS AT O.W.
HUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL NEAR CHICAGO. THE STUDENT BODY IS LARGELY AFRICAN AMERICAN, AND MANY HAVE LOST FAMILY MEMBERS IN THE
PANDEMIC. >> SOMETIMES IN ONE HOUSEHOLD, IT WAS THREE OR FOUR, THE GRANDPARENT, AN AUNT, A COUSIN.
AND THEN WE HAD STUDENTS WHO WERE STARTING TO HAVE A LOT OF ANXIETY, DEPRESSION. >> Reporter: DAVIS SOUGHT A
PERFECT SALVE FROM LOSS TO THRIVING. SHE HAD HER STUDENTS BROWSE THE ARCHIVES AND PICK THE
HISTORYMAKERS WHO OVERCAME ADVERSITY. >> I CHOSE THE HONORABLE BLANCHE M. MANNING.
SHE'S A JUDGE. >> SPORTS REPORTER. >> RODNEY ADKINS, PART OF THE IBM INDUSTRY.
>> Reporter: THEY TOLD US THEY FOUND THE RECORD OF BLACK ACHIEVEMENT TO BE RICHER AND MORE DIVERSE THAN THEY HAD EVER
IMAGINED OR BEEN TAUGHT. >> FROM MAYBE KINDERGARTEN TO SIXTH GRADE, WE HEARD THE SAME PEOPLE.
MADAM T.J. WALKER. THE SAME PEOPLE. >> HAS IT CHANGED NOW THAT YOU'VE MET SOME PEOPLE WHO MAY
NOT HAVE BEEN IN THE HISTORY BOOKS? >> IT'S A LOT EASIER TO SEE WHAT WE WENT THROUGH AND HOW WE
PERSEVERED AND IT SHOWS HOW STRONG WE ARE REALLY. >> AND THINK ABOUT THIS. WHAT IF I HAD OUR ARCHIVES BACK
WHEN I WAS NINE. >> WHEN YOU WERE THAT 9-YEAR-OLD GIRL. >> THINK ABOUT THAT.
I MEAN, THERE WAS ACTUALLY BLACK HISTORY IN MY TOWN JUST YARDS FROM WHERE I WAS. THERE WAS A MAN NAMED
SHACKLEFORD WHO SAT WITH HIS GUN POINT, DARING THE WHITE COMMUNITY TO TEAR DOWN HIS SCHOOL FOR BLACK KIDS.
THE FIFTH PRESIDENT OF LIBERIA WAS BORN IN NEWARK, OHIO. >> IN YOUR HOMETOWN. >> MY HOMETOWN, IN 1815.
I'M THINKING THERE'S NO BLACK HISTORY, BUT IT WAS ALL AROUND ME. AND THAT'S WHAT THE KIDS -- IT'S
ALL AROUND THEM. BUT THEY DON'T KNOW IT. THEY DON'T TOUCH IT. SO, THEY CAN'T ASPIRE TO BE WHAT
THEY DON'T REALLY SEE. >> NOW BECAUSE OF YOUR ARCHIVES, THEY CAN KNOW. >> THEY CAN.
>> THAT'S GOT TO BE REWARDING. >> YES, IT IS. BUT OUR WORK IS NOT DONE. >> Reporter: JULIEANNA
RICHARDSON IS NOW ON A MISSION TO COLLECT AND DIGITIZE THE PAPERS OF HISTORYMAKERS. THESE BELONG TO ENTERTAINER, AND
SHE FOUND A WILLING PARTNER IN DARREN WALKER. >> THIS ORGANIZATION IS INDEED A NATIONAL TREASURE, AND YOU,
JULIANNA, ARE A NATIONAL TREASURE. SO, I'M VERY, VERY HAPPY TO MAKE THIS PLEDGE OF $1 MILLION TO
YOUR GREAT DEBT. >> I'VE WORKED 24/7 FOR 22 YEARS, AND I'M SURROUNDED BY THESE SUCH RICH STORIES.
SO, I UNTIL I TAKE MY LAST BREATH, THEY WILL ALWAYS BE A PART OF ME. AND THE LITTLE GIRL, I MEAN, I'M
NOW A VERY RICHLY ENDOWED PERSON THAT NO ONE CAN TELL ME THAT ME AND MY PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TREMENDOUS VALUE.
NO ONE CAN TELL ME THAT EVER.
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>>> THE MAGNITUDE 7.8 EARTHQUAKE IN SOUTHWEST TURKEY AND NORTHERN SYRIA 13 DAYS AGO, IN A MATTER OF MOMENTS, ERASED MORE LIVES
THAN SOME WARS OVER YEAR OF BATTLE. THERE WILL BE NO WAY TO TELL HOW MANY UNTIL RELIEF WORKERS FINISH
RECOVERING THE REMAINS FROM THE RUBBLE. THAT MAY TAKE WEEKS OR MORE. BUT THE TOLL HAS ALREADY CLIMBED
PAST 41,000. MORE THAN 5 MILLION PEOPLE MAY HAVE BEEN LEFT WITHOUT HOMES, ACCORDING TO THE U.N.
STORIES AND PICTURE OF NEAR MIRACLE RESCUES HAVE BEEN HEARTENING, BUT THE PACE OF THE WORLD'S RESPONSE HAS BEEN
ANYTHING BUT. HAMPERED BY REMOTENESS AND SERIOUS CIVIL WAR, HELP HAS BEEN SLOW TO ARRIVE.