founder julieanna richardson told us she's determined to document black history in america one story has value and who doesn't? you preserve what has value, you throw away what doesn't. that's why the preservation is so critical. >> 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. jonathan holloway. >> what things did you find out about? >> the daily racism my siblings dealt with. >> another day, it's professor anita hill. >> in three counties, the census takers actually bothered to list the slaves by name. and that's how i met and found t wh great, t were.wn feragait clarence thomas, wasn't easy to g. t'en 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? >> you've called these america's missing stories. >> they are. they're america's missing stories. and ameri