https://archives.rainbowhistory.org/files/original/8b1734b409d56e5e06a653633a1f2984.pdf c7172c5b697f2bf040a981152ce752e0 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 Gay Activists Alliance Records Alternative Title An alternative name for the resource. The distinction between titles and alternative titles is application-specific. <a href="Series%20XVI%3A%20Gay%20and%20Lesbians%20Activists%20Alliance%20(Mindy%20Daniels%20component)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Series XVI: Gay and Lesbians Activists Alliance Collection (Mindy Daniels component)</a><br /><br /><a href="https://rainbowhistory.omeka.net/collections/show/38" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Mindy Daniels Component</a> Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Text Any textual data included in the document. Mr. James Baldwin, Executive Director District of Columbia Office of Human Rights RE: Interco T/A The Grand Central 900 First Street SE Washington DC Class C Restaurant ABC License Ho. 1127U The District Building l4th and E Streets NW, Washington DC 20003 Dear Mr. Baldwin: Members of the Gay Activists Alliance have become increasingly aware in recent months of certain deeply troubling policies and behavior of the owners and staff of the above-referenced gay restaurant. We believe the practices witnessed are inimicable to the best interests of the gay community of Washington—as well as to the city of Washington at large—and they give every appearance of violating the law. I refer to the persistent policy this restaurant seems to have of discriminating against blacks through the subterfuge of regularly and unreasonably asking them for age identification at the door, while whites are asked for identification only rarely. Blacks are often asked for two "valid" IDs, both with picture and birth date. We are told that heterosexuals also are discouraged from entering in the same way. The management's purpose appears to be to cultivate a favored and more lucrative clientele of white gay males. We are told that in their attempts to enforce this policy, Grand Central employees insult and threaten those who protest. It is reported they will occasionally brandish baseball bats at complainants and that they tell whites to go around to a side door while dozens of blacks await admittance, "because there are too many niggers in here." Grand Central's behavior appears to be in flagrant violation of the DC Title 34 Human Rights Law, which outlaws discrimination in public accommodation: on the basis of race, sex and sexual orientation, as well as the DC Title 3 -Alcoholic Control Board regulations (Section 311), which prohibits demanding identification for admittance to a restaurant. We believe gay people cannot hope to end anti-homosexual discrimination while racial discrimination remains institutionalized in our own gay community. The Grand Central is not the only gay establishment which has offended in this fashion, but its insolent misbehavior is now too persistent, defiant, violent and immoral to ignore. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data typed letter 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 Letter to James Baldwin, District of Columbia Office of Human Rights re: Interco T/A The Grand Central, 900 First Street SE, Class C Restaurant Subject The topic of the resource Gay rights--Washington (D.C.) Gay liberation movement--Washington (D.C.) Discrimination against African Americans--Washington (D.C.) Description An account of the resource Letter to the D.C. Office of Human Rights outlining the discriminatory practices against African American of the Grand Central club. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&amp;advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&amp;advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Gay+Activists+Alliance+of+Washington%2C+D.C.">Gay Activists Alliance of Washington, D.C.</a> <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&amp;advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&amp;advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Ware%2C+Cade">Ware, Cade</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=40&amp;advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&amp;advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1975-01-22">1975-01-22</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=47&amp;advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&amp;advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Reproduction+and+use+of+this+material+requires+permission+from+the+copyright+holder.+Please+contact+the+Rainbow+History+Project+for+more+information.">Reproduction and use of this material requires permission from the copyright holder. Please contact the Rainbow History Project for more information.</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Washington (D.C.) Cade Ware Community Pioneers Discrimination Grand Central Racism Title 34