Raphael Lanier

{{Short description|American diplomat}}

Raphael O'Hara Lanier (April 28, 1900 – December 17, 1962)[https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fla88 LANIER, RALPHAEL O'HARA] was an American diplomat to Liberia.{{cite web|title=U.S. Department of State|url=https://2001-2009.state.gov/r/pa/ho/po/11554.htm#Lanier|accessdate=2007-07-22}}

Lanier was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, the first inter-collegiate Greek letter organization established for African Americans.{{cite web|title=Mu Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.|url=http://www.mulambda.org/Mu_Prominentmu.html|accessdate=2007-07-22}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}

Lanier was the first president of what is today Texas Southern University.

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| title=U.S. Ambassador to Liberia

| before=Lester A. Walton

| after=Edward R. Dudley

| years=1946–1948

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