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Eventually they got long pants. it took six years, though, george, to get the prison to allow the black prisoners to have that. >> fascinating story, byron. thank you. president carter arrived. he traveled separately. we see him there. dr. frasier, of course, president carter in office as the anti-apartheid movement took hold here in the united states. and diverted so much of his post presidency i to the problems plaguing. >> particularly he's been very good on the tsetse fly that causes river blindness. and also on democratic elections. he's been the carter center that he founded has been for...

Reprisal of the guards there. they eventually, of course, grew to appreciate and respect mandela, but initially for those years to endure the hardship and physical labor crew had a horrible effect on the body. sort of like when you see black men from a certain generation who couldn't stop to use the bathroom because they were traveling from north to south and their bladders were messed up. imagine that 50-fold to what happened to those men's bodies. yet because of his extraordinary discipline, here's a man who in spite of that lived to 95 years old. >> we remember that. despite the punishment ...

In, they tell the story that a number of the guards yelled a derogatory word for blacks in south africa. equivalent to the "n" word in the united states. mandela in chains stopped, turns to the guard and said, "no. no. that's not when we are." and told the men, "do not respond to that word. that's not who we are." one of the men turned and said, "madiba, do you know where we are?" he said, "i do. but we must teach them who we are." and it continues. in prison early on, blacks, coloreds, indians were allowed to wear long pants. blacks had to wear short, to take away their dignity, treat them as...

Make it nonracial in the sense of equal opportunity for all. that was also mary robinson, next to archbishop tutu. and those two are part of the elders. >> pain on him and so many millions of others in order that our diverse south african family would not be -- >> a reminder from the rabbi of the pain inflicted on nelson mandela, as dr. frasier was talking about, earlier. those years in prison. he survived. in some ways he thrived. his spirit thrived. very tough on his body. >> oh, my god. yeah. the endurance that he had -- and he was a world-class athlete in the sense of the kind of rigor tha...

What are they doing in here? wouldn't want to see one of my kids in here. i have an 18-year-old daughter. i think about stuff look that >> why are you here now? >> an assault charge. >> how many times have you been to prison? >> twice. >> beth times on assault. >> i have been in prison since 18. >> so you know what he is going sflu. >> well it was so long ago for me i don't really remember. i remember being in prison. >> i have come to learn the older people you hang out with, the better. because you don't want to play any games in here. this is a man's world. not a child's world. >> coming up...