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Helen Caise Wade - Woman who broke color barrier visits Rosa Parks Elementary School - 0 views

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  • Wade was the first African-American to attend a white public school in Fayette County when she took a summer school class at Lafayette High School in 1955.
  • Randolph Hollingsworth on 11 Feb 13
     
    Jennifer Jones, a teacher at Rosa Parks Elementary school in Lexington, invited Helen Caise Wade to speak with her students about integrating an all-white school in Lexington in 1955.
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"Wade, Helen Cary Caise" Notable Kentucky African Americans Database - 0 views

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    Douglass High School student took Lafayette High School history class in summer of 1955
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  • May 17, 1954 -- The U.S. Supreme Court rules that school segregation is unconstitutional. A few days later, Helen Cary Caise , a black student, enrolls at Lafayette High School.
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    Timeline of black community events in Lexington and Fayette Co.
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