Earlier today, Wisconsin’s Capitol Residence Board approved adding a statue of Vel Phillips to the state capitol grounds. Phillips’s achievements are too numerous to list here. She was – among […]
Vel Phillips Statue subcommittee makes recommendations on location, ar...
A statue of Vel Phillips is one bureaucratic step closer to Capitol Square. A sub-committee tasked with considering the statue proposal made several recommendations Tuesday. Vel Phillips was the first […]
Fund raising for Vel Phillips statue
Vel Phillips has made her mark in Wisconsin with many firsts: first African American woman to graduate from UW Law School, first female judge in Wisconsin, first African American woman […]
Vel Phillips: Capitol Statue Update
When two State Capitol statues were removed by protesters of police brutality this summer, a new statue was proposed–one of trailblazer Vel Phillips. Phillips broke barrier after barrier during her […]