https://archives.rainbowhistory.org/files/original/a85b25ff00409cdb84a069aa523eaf38.pdf d6f942b06da9a86d23f20e5e761e33e1 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. David Quick Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed. Gregory Ford Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound. Yes Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Yes, recording available split between two files, ( 01:53:57) (audio mp4, 85.9 MB) 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 Gregory Ford Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource September 30, 2015 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource The interview belongs to the Rainbow History Project. Subject The topic of the resource the artistic community in Washington, DC; the African-American gay artistic community in Washington, DC; Black and White Men Together; Brother Help Thyself; Station to Station performance poetry group; poet Chasen Gaver; the relationship of art and activism; playback theater. Abstract A summary of the resource. Gregory Ford has been an active member of DC's theater and performance community since he came here to study theater in 1972. Originally from California, Mr. Ford went to college in Santa Fe, New Mexico before coming to DC to study theater at Catholic University. Though he did not finish the program at Catholic University, he stayed active as a performance poet and was a founding member of the Station to Station group of gay African-American poets which included Essex Hemphill. Mr. Ford was also in a romantic relationship with the poet Chasen Gaver. More recently, Mr. Ford has taken up playback theater, and has sometimes lead a group of HIV+ African-American playback performers. Description An account of the resource <strong>Interested in listening to this audio?</strong> <br />Email <a href="mailto:oralhistories@rainbowhistory.org">oralhistories@rainbowhistory.org</a> for access Activism Advocacy groups African Americans Black and White Men Together (BWMT) Performing arts Poetry