/internal/media/dispatcher/73769/fullEd Cloutman Oral History04/08/2011Duration: 56 MinutesBorn digital (.m2ts file)Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2011.001.00330Videotaped oral history interview with Ed Cloutman. A Louisiana native, Cloutman has devoted his entire law career to civil rights. Upon moving to Dallas in 1970, he became the lead attorney in the controversial court case to integrate the Dallas Independent School District. He remained with the case until 2003 and argued it before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Interview conducted at [location] on April 8, 2011 by Associate Curator Stephen Fagin. The interview is [x hour and x minutes] long.
The video attached to this record is an excerpt. The entire interview is available in our Reading Room to on-site researchers or by submitting a Rights & Reproductions Request Form.Oral Histories640340E-100E-1033025Oral history0E-10Videotaped oral history interview with Ed Cloutman. A Louisiana native, Cloutman has devoted his entire law career to civil rights. Upon moving to Dallas in 1970, he became the lead attorney in the controversial court case to integrate the Dallas Independent School District. He remained with the case until 2003 and argued it before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on April 8, 2011 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifty-six minutes long.Oral historiesCivil rightsLawsuitAttorneyIntegrationCloutman, EdTasby, SamDallas Independent School DistrictSupreme Court of the United StatesDallasLouisianaCivil Rights and Social Activism (OHC)Community Leaders (OHC)Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)Ed Cloutman passed away on March 15, 2024. - Riley Harris, Collections CatalogerSam Tasby, the lead plaintiff in the court case to integrate the DISD that is discussed at length during this interview, also recorded an oral history in 2011. It may be accessed here: https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/33015. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator