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09/09/19 - BOSTON, MA. - Professor Erika Boeckeler looks at the Dragon Prayer Book, Northeastern’s medieval manuscript, with students Connor Hamill and Laura Packard in the Snell Library archives on Sept. 9, 2019. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

What hidden mysteries lie within the 15th-century Dragon Prayer Book?

When researchers unearthed a tiny, fragile prayer book hidden deep in Northeastern’s archives, they embarked on a journey to unlock its mysteries. Complex script, medieval…

by Adam Fischer, Benjamin Bertsch and Cam Sleeper February 20, 2020

Murder in Mobile tells the story of Rayfield Davis, a black man who was murdered in 1948 in Mobile, Alabama, by a white man who was never prosecuted.

Murder In Mobile hits the red carpets

The documentary by Northeastern Films will be shown at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston on Saturday as part of the Roxbury International Film Festival—one of many screenings for this story of reclaimed justice.

by Ian Thomsen June 18, 2019

Murder in Mobile: A documentary short film about race, murder, and one family’s search for the truth 70 years later

In 1948, in Mobile, Alabama, a black man named Rayfield Davis was beaten to death by a white man who was not prosecuted. The crime…

by Adam Fischer and Benjamin Bertsch January 28, 2019

The 1948 unresolved murder of Rayfield Davis in Mobile, Alabama, is told in a new documentary by Northeastern Films.

Murder in Mobile

A Northeastern project unearthed the case of Rayfield Davis, a black man who was murdered in 1948 in Mobile, Alabama, by a white man who was never prosecuted. The story is told in a new documentary by Northeastern Films, which premieres at 2 p.m. Friday on Northeastern’s Boston campus as part of a celebration of the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. All are welcome.

by Ian Thomsen January 24, 2019

What hidden mysteries lie within the 15th-century Dragon Prayer Book?

Murder In Mobile hits the red carpets

Murder in Mobile: A documentary short film about race, murder, and one family’s search for the truth 70 years later

Murder in Mobile

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