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A sought-after lecturer, LaNier speaks across the country, and she has received the Congressional Medal of Honor and two honorary doctorate degrees. She is the mother of two children, Whitney and Brooke, and lives in Englewood, Colorado, with her husband, Ira. Carlotta Walls LaNier is available for select readings and lectures.
Carlotta Walls LaNier. Carlotta Walls LaNier made history as the youngest member of the Little Rock Nine, the nine African-American students who desegregated Central High School in Little Rock (Pulaski County) in 1957. The oldest of three daughters, Carlotta Walls was born on December 18, 1942, in Little Rock to Juanita and Cartelyou Walls.
Aug 28, 2013 · In 1957, Carlotta Walls LaNier was 14, and the youngest of the Little Rock Nine, the black children who volunteered to be the first to integrate the then all-white Central High School under a ...
Aug 15, 2009 · Carlotta Walls Lanier, the author of A Mighty Long Way, is one of the Little Rock nine who helped to integrate Little Rock, Arkansas' Central High School in the late 1950s and early 1960s. This memoir was an easy read - at least as far as the writing goes.
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Dec 4, 2015 · Carlotta Walls LaNier, one of the Little Rock 9, shares her experiences integrating Central High School in the 1950s. Four weeks before graduation, her home was bombed. She recalls, "I got up that very next morning after my home was bombed and I went back to school because if I had not gone, they would have felt like they had won.
Jun 1, 2020 · Carlotta Walls LaNier’s Early Life and Married Life. Born on December 18, 1942, in Little Rock Arkansas, Carlotta Walls LaNier was born to brick mason cum World War II veteran Cartelyou Walls and mother, Juanita Walls. She lost her dad in 1976 after suffering from leukemia. As per her siblings, she was the eldest of three girls.
May 16, 2022 · Carlotta Walls LaNier never thought she’d still be talking about high school 65 years later. But when you are one of the Little Rock Nine, your high school story is one that will be told forever. LaNier, at age 14, was the youngest of the nine Black students who integrated Little Rock Central High School in 1957.
