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JUDY WOODRUFF: As another
difficult week for
our country comes to a
close, we want to take

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the time to honor just some of
the more than 180,000 people
here who have lost their lives

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to the coronavirus.

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Nelson Henry Jr. of Philadelphia
fought for more than 70 years
to get his honorable discharge

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from the U.S. Army. The
World War II veteran was
one of many Black soldiers
given a less-than-honorable

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and discriminatory blue
discharge, which made
it harder to get certain
jobs and G.I. benefits.

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Nelson's son eventually found
lawyers to take up the case,
and, in 2019, just a year before

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his death at 96, he was
granted an upgrade by the
Army. He called it a miracle.

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Education was huge for Lucille
Anderson. Born in Minneapolis,
she worked multiple jobs to

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ensure her kids had
every opportunity. When
her son had doubts about
applying to Harvard,

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she scolded him: "Andersons
never quit. It's like a race.
Even if you fall down, you get

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up and finish the race."

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Lucille followed her son to
the East Coast, finished her
own degree, and became a social

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worker and a probation officer.
She always emphasized how
important children were to

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society, her son said. Lucille
Anderson was 94 years old
when she died in Minnesota.

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In 1984, Carmen Williamson
became the first Black
boxing referee and
judge at the Olympics.

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Carmen, who spent most of his
life in Toledo, Ohio, was a
top amateur boxer in the 1940s

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and '50s. He would go
on to travel the world,
teaching the sport to
young people in countries

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that white trainers
would rarely visit.

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Carmen's daughter said
the 94-year-old wanted
to grab everything he
possibly could, and

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never told himself no.

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Seventy-two-year-old Liz Mar
opened the Hawaiian restaurant
Kona Kitchen in Seattle 18 years

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ago with her daughter and
son-in-law. She was a warm face
that everyone knew and loved,

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her daughter said. She made
customers feel like part of
the family. They would call her

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auntie or grandma.

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Liz came to the U.S. from Fiji
as a teenager. Her daughter
described her as selfless and

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said she'd do anything
for her three children
and seven grandchildren.

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Lennie LeBlanc was 45 years
old. He was born in Worcester,
Massachusetts, with cerebral

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palsy. Lennie could never
walk or talk, but his mom said
he was always a happy child.

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Lennie would laugh a deep belly
laugh, sometimes for no reason.
He lived most of his life in

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a nursing home, where his
caregivers adored him. He loved
music and often spent time with

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his family.

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As of tonight, the "NewsHour"
has marked 100 Americans whose
lives we have lost to the

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coronavirus. That's just
over the last 20 weeks.

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We want to thank their
families for the stories
they have shared. Our
hearts go out to them

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and to all those who've lost
loved ones in this pandemic.