The Vel Phillips monument was created by the late artist Radcliffe Bailey. On July 27, a new, historic statue was unveiled in front of the Wisconsin State Capitol. It is a bronze statue of the late ...

MILWAUKEE -- A legendary life is gone but her accomplishments and time on earth will never be forgotten. Local civil rights pioneer, Vel Phillips, was honored at her home-going service on Saturday, ...

Vel Phillips speaking at Milwaukee Common Council. Phillips, who passed away in 2018, would have been 99 years old on Feb. 18. Vel Phillips, a prominent Milwaukee civil rights activist, alderperson, ...

MADISON - A new sculpture on the Wisconsin State Capitol grounds was unveiled Saturday afternoon, honoring Vel Phillips, a trailblazer for civil rights in Wisconsin, and the state's first Black ...

OUR COVERAGE OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH LOOKS AT AN EFFORT TO HONOR A MILWAUKEE TRAILBLAZER. JOYCE: IT’S THE PLAN TO BUILD A STATUE OF VEL PHILLIPS ON THE STEPS OF THE STATE CAPITOL. 12 NEWS’ KENT ...

After years of effort, Saturday will mark history for Wisconsin as the first statue commemorating a Black leader will be unveiled on the Capitol grounds in Madison. Vel Phillips holds significance in ...

MILWAUKEE -- A Milwaukee street has been renamed to honor the late Vel Phillips. A ceremony was held on Tuesday, Aug. 7 at North 4th Street and West North Avenue. A trailblazer for women and a civil ...

On the same day Mayor Tom Barrett will sign a resolution officially changing the name of Old World Third Street to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, the Vel Phillips Statue Task Force has announced ...

Civil rights pioneer Vel Phillips, who helped lead open housing marches in Milwaukee in the 1960s and was the first black person elected to statewide office in Wisconsin, died Tuesday evening at the ...

This article originally ran in 2019. Velvalea Hortense Rodgers "Vel" Phillips – a lawyer, judge, politician, Civil Rights activist and lifelong Milwaukeean – passed on April 17, 2018 at the age of 95.

Vel Phillips was the first black woman to graduate from the University of Wisconsin law school. She was the first woman — and first African-American — elected to the Milwaukee Common Council. She was ...