# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/carlotta-walls-lanier
# Generated: 2026-09-03T11:28:07.352Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/carlotta-walls-lanier"
name: "Carlotta Walls LaNier"
slug: "carlotta-walls-lanier"
description: "Carlotta Walls LaNier is the youngest of the Little Rock Nine, a group of African-American students who, in 1957, were the first black students ever to attend classes at Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, United States. She was the first black female to graduate from Central High School. In 1999, LaNier and the rest of the Little Rock Nine were awarded the Congressional Gold Medal by President Bill Clinton. LaNier was inducted into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame in 2004 and the National Women's Hall of Fame in 2015."
tagline: "American activist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Carlotta_Walls_LaNier.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Activists"
  slug: "activists"
profileType:
  name: "Activist"
  slug: "activist"
birthDate: "1942-12-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.88
  momentum:             14.05263157894737
  historical:           6.572681333333334
  currentAttention:     78.07017543859651
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5733560/"
    handle:    "nm5733560"
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlotta_Walls_LaNier"
    title: "Carlotta Walls LaNier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlotta_Walls_LaNier"
    title: "Carlotta Walls LaNier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlotta_Walls_LaNier"
    title: "Carlotta Walls LaNier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A7_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2_%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%B1"
    title: "کارلوتا والز لانیر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlotta_Walls_LaNier"
    title: "Carlotta Walls LaNier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlotta_Walls_LaNier"
    title: "Carlotta Walls LaNier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5042839"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5705404"
    title: "Carlotta Walls LaNier"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump