From NKAA, Notable Kentucky African Americans Database (main entry)

Helm, Marlene

(born: 1950) 

Marlene Helm was the first African American school superintendent in Kentucky, presiding over the Shelby County schools. (The exception is Jefferson County, where two African American superintendents each served three months.) Helm was acting superintendent in Fayette County, KY, in 2004. She had been the Secretary of the Education, Arts and Humanities Council under Governor Patton. For more see "Interim leader for schools is selected, Black woman is first ever to hold post in Kentucky," Lexington Herald-Leader, 03/18/04, p. A1; and "Governor appoints two Cabinet Secretaries," Lexington Herald-Leader, 03/11/99 p. B1.

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NKAA Source: Lexington herald-leader (newspaper)

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“Helm, Marlene,” Notable Kentucky African Americans Database, accessed May 21, 2022, https://ukscrc001.net/nkaa/items/show/394.

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