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Vel Phillips memorialized in sculpture at state capitol
Even after her death, Vel Phillips continues making history. On Saturday evening, the first Black woman to graduate from the UW-Madison Law School, to win a seat on the Milwaukee City Council, to become a judge in Wisconsin and the first woman and Black …