This is an episode of the program Background hosted by Lyle Haskin, produced on the campus of the University of Michigan and distributed internationally by the Voice of America. This is the first of a two-part program within the series called "Civil liberties and Black power." In this episode, Haskin is joined by Dr. Arnold S. Kauffman, associate professor of philosophy at the University of Michigan. The program includes analysis of sections of a Stokely Carmichael speech about Black power given at the University of Michigan, on Black power, white views of race, and the ghetto (15 min.) The second part of the program is an analysis: an alternative to white supremacy / Dr. Arnold S. Kauffman (16 min.).