AUBURN — The Bates College Office of Intercultural Education is teaming up with Lewiston-Auburn Community Little Theatre to offer a Talk Back session after the opening performance of “To Kill a Mockingbird” on Friday, Feb. 4.

Anecia O’Carrol of Bates College will moderate the discussion. Members of the cast and crew are well aware of the enduring impact of this literary work by Harper Lee, set in the South during the Depression era, and the struggles of the Civil Rights Movement. They have discussed the power, importance and challenge of telling this story.

Last summer marked the 50th anniversary of the publication of “To Kill a Mockingbird,” which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize. The novel’s central themes involve the appropriate use of language, white privilege, blatant miscarriage of justice, tolerance, compassion and the struggle between social norms and personal values — all of which are still relevant today.

These themes are particularly salient given that they coincide with the 50th anniversary of the Freedom Rides and Black History Month, as well as the upcoming publication of a sanitized version of Mark Twain’s “Huckleberry Finn.”