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. Lynne Brown Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed. Maurice Dorsey Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound. Not yet available Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 1:10:15 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 Maurice Dorsey (LCCA) Subject The topic of the resource This interview is a part of a 2022 collaboration with LCCA, the Washington Blade and the Rainbow History Project to collect oral histories of LGBTQ-identified people who have lived, played and recreated in Logan Circle for ten or more years. Description An account of the resource <strong>Would you like to listen to this audio?</strong> <br />You can access this audio by following this <a href="https://www.logancircle.org/lgbtq-oral-histories">link</a><br />Please email <a href="mailto:oralhistories@rainbowhistory.org">oralhistories@rainbowhistory.org</a> if you have any questions. Abstract A summary of the resource. <div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html"> <div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Maurice Dorsey is a thirty-year resident of Logan Circle, an author, a former ANC commissioner, and former employee of the University of the District of Columbia and the USDA where, among other things, he helped LGBT employees become successful in the workplace. He related stories of two long-term relationships and how they quietly lived their lives – going to the Kennedy Center, sharing newspapers at coffee shops.</p> <p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Maurice recalled that in the 1990’s there was a perceived divide between 14th and 15th Streets, NW given drugs, crime and prostitution along 14th Street. Annie’s on 17 th Street NW was a safe restaurant for gays to dine out. Friends and Halo were bars of choice. Reflecting on the changes he has seen, Maurice said, <em>“Logan Circle was not the Logan Circle we know now…If you walked out my front door and turned right to go to 15th Street, you would have thought you were on the Champs-Elysées with the beautiful trees and everything, the cars zooming up and down the street. But if you turned left…14th Street was just dreadful.”</em></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sqs-block audio-block sqs-block-audio sqs-stretched"> <div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-audio-embed"> <div class="yui3-widget sqs-widget sqs-widgets-audio-player dark first-play"> <div class="sqs-widgets-audio-player-content"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 6/15/2022 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This interview belongs to LCCA, the Washington Blade, and Rainbow History Project.