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Little Rock One: Carlotta Walls LaNier

20091002-MightyLong-250.jpgSATURDAY: The youngest member of the Little Rock Nine, Carlotta Walls LaNier, will recount her experiences as a 14-year-old public school integration pioneer at the Newseum. She'll be joined by The Washington Post's Lisa Frazier Page, with whom she co-wrote her memoir, "A Mighty Long Way: My Journey to Justice at Little Rock Central High School."

Although most of the Little Rock Nine stayed out of the limelight following high school, LaNier founded a successful real estate company and become an education and civil rights advocate. She received the Congressional Gold Medal (the nation's highest civilian honor) from Bill Clinton in 1999. Clinton also contributed the book's forward.

In addition to signing copies of the book, LaNier and Page will discuss the modern media's coverage of race and diversity.

» Newseum, 555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW; Sat., Oct. 3, 2:30 p.m, free; 888-639-7386, Newseum.org. (Judiciary Square)


Written by Express' Anne Polsky
Photo courtesy Ballantine

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