Carlotta Walls LaNair and Carlotta's Special Dress
Carlotta Walls LaNair was one of the “Little Rock Nine,” the first nine Black students to integrate Little Rock Central High School in 1957. Facing angry mobs, threats, and daily harassment, Carlotta and the other eight students showed extraordinary courage as they fought for the right to learn in a previously all‑white, segregated school. Their perseverance—supported by federal intervention—became a defining moment of the Civil Rights Movement and a powerful reminder that yo
