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The dress once belonged to Carlotta Walls LaNier, who with eight other African Americans integrated Little Rock’s Central High school for the first time in September of 1957—an act that made...
Sep 1, 2016 · Gift of Carlotta Walls LaNier Carlotta Walls’s school clothing evokes her personality and perseverance. The story behind that clothing extends outward from her, Central High, and Little Rock into national politics and international diplomacy.
This outfit was worn by Carlotta Walls LaNier during the "Little Rock Crisis" of 1957 at Little Rock Central High School. The outfit consists of a skirt and blouse in a matching alphabetical print of blue, teal, and white on a black background.
Feb 8, 2013 · One of the nine students who desegregated Little Rock, Carlotta Walls LaNier (top row, third from right) recently donated her dress (left) from what would have been her first day of school....
Three years after the Court’s decision, nine Black students in Little Rock, Arkansas tried to desegregate a whites-only school. Carlotta Walls LaNier, one of those students, wore this outfit on her first day of class.
This outfit was worn by Carlotta Walls LaNier during the "Little Rock Crisis" of 1957 at Little Rock Central High School. The outfit consists of a skirt and blouse in a matching alphabetical print of blue, teal, and white on a black background.
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Nov 6, 2023 · LaNier, Carlotta Walls. “New Dress, New School: My Sophomore Year at Central High School.” FRANK (Fall/Winter 2007): 46–47. LaNier, Carlotta Walls, and Lisa Frazier Page. A Mighty Long Way: My Journey to Justice at Little Rock Central High School. New York: One World/Ballantine, 2009.
