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 African American woman to graduate from UW-Madison School of Law. She was the first woman to sit on Milwaukee’s Common Council. When she became a […]
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 to hold statewide office in Wisconsin, as well as many more accomplishments. Carrie Braxton, Vice-President of the Wisconsin Women of Color Network, talks about the […]
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 life. Now, she is poised to be the first statue of a person of color on capitol grounds. Vel Phillips was the first African American […]
