A three-hour report on the current battle for civil rights and its historical background. Included are interviews with black leaders Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr, Malcolm X, Roy Wilkens, A. Philip Randolph, Harry Belafonte, and Jackie Robinson. Also appearing are Governor George Wallace, Governor Nelson Rockefeller, Orval Faubus, Bruce Catton, George Romney, and William Scranton. Also heard is Mississippi Governor Ross Barnett. An Emmy nominee as "Program Of The Year.". 

Heard is a promo for the NBC Huntley-Brinkley report. Promotion of new half-hour report.                                                  

May 18, 1967- August 31, 1967,  June 2, 1969-August 15, 1969

The 1967 edition of SUMMER FOCUS presented reports on a variety of subjects both current and historical in nature. A number of the programs were rebroadcasts of previously aired ABC documentaries drawn in part from THE SAGA OF WESTERN MAN. 
In 1969, SUMMER FOCUS returned as the title of an irregularly offered group of five reports on topical issues, hosted by Frank Reynolds.     

Peter Jennings, Anchors this examination of political protest, in America. Historian John Blum traces the origin of political protest, and analyzes the current unrest over antiwar demonstrations. 
We revisit recent peace demonstrations in major cities, and pro and con reactions from (among others) civil-rights leader Martin Luther King; Gen. William C. Westmoreland, commander of U.S. forces in Vietnam; Sen. Mark Hatfield (R. Oregon); and GIs in Vietnam. 
                                

More US cities involved in racial riots, including New York City, President Johnson orders paratroopers into Detroit, commentary by H. Rap Brown and Martin Luther King, Jr. 
Harry Reasoner subbing for Cronkite.             

Continuing live coverage of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.           

Live coverage of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, hosted by Chet Huntley.
          

Sunday declared a day of mourning for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. President Johnson speaks. Looting and violence in Harlem, in aftermath of the King assassination, Mayor Lindsay comments, description of death scene at the Memphis, motel. 

Jim Jensen reports.                         

Live radio special about the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.