This special report for Houston’s KPRC-TV, broadcast in August 1989, focuses on the life and legacy of Congressman Mickey Leland of Texas, who died on a humanitarian mission in Ethiopia. Ron Regan reports from Texas’s 18th Congressional District, getting statements from the people Leland represented in Congress. Catherine Smith then presents a piece on Leland’s work with the poor and homeless both in Texas and abroad. Following the commercial break, Bob Nicholas profiles Houston’s Fifth Ward, the low-income neighborhood in which Leland grew up. Back in the studio, Bill Balleza briefly describes the plane crash that killed Leland. The report concludes with a biography of Leland’s life and career and some footage of his memorial service. Vintage commercials included.