1 25 1 https://archives.rainbowhistory.org/files/original/a0296aaee0241907b011221cf5c21c2e.pdf c90c7859b8cdc62bfb465f22b5215c69 https://archives.rainbowhistory.org/files/original/6a5c4969a06ff70e4376e85b05cca696.jpg c14e394aec93e657d26deb5b10b82d8f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rainbow History Project Oral History Collection Description An account of the resource Eye-witness accounts of what we’ve seen and experienced provide a valuable resource to researchers and future generations to understand our past and how we arrived where we are today. Each interview in this collection has a narrator telling the story and a documenter guiding the process. Collected since the founding of the RHP, this collection is growing and is open to researchers. All interviews have been digitized and are described in the catalog; only some of them have transcripts available. None of the interviews stream online. To obtain access to an interview, you must request by contacting us directly, providing a brief description of your project and your research interests. Our email address is: info AT rainbowhistory DOT org One of our team will share the file from our Google Drive, and you can listen from home. Please be sure to have "Music Player for Google Drive" enabled on your machine to play the recording. www.driveplayer.com Table Of Contents A list of subunits of the resource. To see all interviews in the collection, click on "Items in the Rainbow History Project Oral History Collection" link below. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Rainbow History Project Various narrators per oral history Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview. Emma O'Niell-Dietel Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed. Ra Amin Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Recorded Zoom Meeting Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 01:14:29 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Oral History with Ra Amin Description An account of the resource <strong>Want access to this audio file?</strong> <br />Please email <a href="mailto:oralhistories@rainbowhistory.org">oralhistories@rainbowhistory.org</a> Abstract A summary of the resource. A lifelong DC resident, Ra Amin discovered D.C.’s LGBTQ community while a student at University of Maryland in the 1980s through bars like Tracks, Lost and Found, and Badlands. This led him to discover the city’s Black LGBTQ community at Bachelor’s Mill and he attended the first Black Pride in 1991 at Banneker Field. During the HIV-AIDS epidemic, Amin worked for the DC Department of Corrections and Department of Health working with communities most affected by HIV-AIDS. Through this work, he became a trained massage therapist and partnered with Whitman-Walker Health and Us Helping Us to provide massage therapy for people living with and treating HIV and AIDS. After a bicycle accident left him unable to work in 2015, he rededicated himself to community involvement and living authentically as part of the LGBTQ+ community. He became an Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner and member of the ANC Rainbow Caucus and a volunteer with the Rainbow History Project. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 5/31/2024 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This oral history belongs to the Rainbow History Project Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Attached photo provided by Ra Amin 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Black HIV/AIDS Local government native washingtonian pride us helping us volunteering whitman-walker clinic