On this weekend in 1919, Benjamin Mays and Bates friends went to see a movie in Lewiston. Afterwards, they ran back to campus, fearing for their safety. Professor Charles Nero helps explain what happened.
Meeting the goals of the Bates Sustainability Roadmap will "touch and enrich our lives here on campus," said President Clayton Spencer, while also furthering the college's stated mission of "to prepare leaders with a commitment to responsible stewardship of the wider world."
Interracial buddy films like 48 Hrs. or Men in Black tell us that eradicating evil, including racism, is as "simple as black and white men becoming friends,” says Charles Nero, Benjamin E. Mays Professor of Rhetoric, Film, and Screen Studies. That’s not only simplistic but “a lie.” Here's why.