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 CARLOTTA LANIER

Carlotta Walls LaNier was the youngest of the nine courageous black students known as the Little Rock Nine who integrated Little Rock Central High School in 1957, not knowing they would face daily harassment and intimidation.

After graduating from Central High in 1960, she studied at Michigan State University for two years before falling in love with Colorado during a visit. She moved to Denver, where her aunt taught school, enrolled at the University of Northern Colorado and earned her bachelor’s degree in 1968.

In the 1970s, she founded her own real estate brokerage company and has worked in that industry for over 34 years. Her real estate experience ranges from construction and remodeling to marketing and selling.

LaNier, along with the other members of the Little Rock Nine, received the nation's highest civilian award, the Congressional Gold Medal, from President Bill Clinton in 1999. She has also earned the NAACP’s prestigious Spingarn Medal. She received an honorary doctorate from the University of Northern Colorado in 1998 and was inducted into the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame in 2004.

LaNier has been active in the Colorado Aids Project, Jack and Jill of America, the Urban League, the NAACP and the National Diversity Council for Youth Committee. She is president of the board at the Little Rock Nine Foundation, a scholarship organization dedicated to ensuring blacks equal access to education. She completed two terms as trustee for the Iliff School of Theology ending in 2007.