Editor’s Note: As Lexington celebrates the 250th anniversary of its founding, the Herald-Leader and kentucky.com each day throughout 2025 will share interesting facts about our hometown. Compiled by Liz Carey, all are notable moments in the city’s history — some funny, some sad, others heartbreaking or celebratory, and some just downright strange.
When 16-year-old Helen Caise registered for summer classes at Lafayette High School, she didn’t think she was making history.
But on June 7, 1955, she became the firstBlack student to attend a white school in Lexington. At the time, one year after Brown v. Board of Education ruling, Lexington and Fayette County schools were segregated…