Phillips, Vel, 1924-2018

Authoritative Name:

Phillips, Vel, 1924-2018

Biography:

Active in the women's movement and the civil rights movement, Vel Phillips (1924-) built a career full of "firsts" as both a woman and an African American in Wisconsin. Born Velvalea Rodgers on Milwaukee's South Side in 1924, Phillips won a national scholarship to attend Howard University. Phillips returned to Wisconsin for law school in the 1940s and became the first black woman to graduate from the school. Her engagement to Dale Phillips made the women's pages of the Milwaukee Journal, the first for an African American. (Vel Phillips, Topics in Wisconsin History, Wisconsin Historical Society, retrieved March 14, 2008.)

Associated Subjects:

Phillips, Vel, 1924-2018

Archival Collections And Reference Resources:

78 items in 3 collections (expand all)

3 Mayor's Log, 31 July, 1967, Page 3

Creator:: Maier, Henry W., 1918-
Date of Original:: 1967-07-31
Collection:: March on Milwaukee: Civil Rights History Project
Contributing Institution:: Wisconsin Historical Society

45 Mayor's Log, 3 August, 1967, Page 35

Creator:: Maier, Henry W., 1918-
Date of Original:: 1967-08-03
Collection:: March on Milwaukee: Civil Rights History Project
Contributing Institution:: Wisconsin Historical Society

49 Mayor's Log, 4 August, 1967, Page 37

Creator:: Maier, Henry W., 1918-
Date of Original:: 1967-08-04
Collection:: March on Milwaukee: Civil Rights History Project
Contributing Institution:: Wisconsin Historical Society

5 Mayor's Log, 31 July, 1967, Page 5

Creator:: Maier, Henry W., 1918-
Date of Original:: 1967-07-31
Collection:: March on Milwaukee: Civil Rights History Project
Contributing Institution:: Wisconsin Historical Society

61 Mayor's Log, 5 August, 1967, Page 49

Creator:: Maier, Henry W., 1918-
Date of Original:: 1967-08-05
Collection:: March on Milwaukee: Civil Rights History Project
Contributing Institution:: Wisconsin Historical Society

66 Mayor's Log, 6 August, 1967, Page 54

Creator:: Maier, Henry W., 1918-
Date of Original:: 1967-08-06
Collection:: March on Milwaukee: Civil Rights History Project
Contributing Institution:: Wisconsin Historical Society

Vel Phillips

Date of Original:: 1924/2017
Collection:: Topics in Wisconsin History
Contributing Institution:: Wisconsin Historical Society

Judge Vel Phillips

Date of Original:: 1971
Collection:: Wisconsin Historical Images
Contributing Institution:: Wisconsin Historical Society

Vel Phillips

Creator:: Capital Times
Date of Original:: 1961-08-11
Collection:: Wisconsin Historical Images
Contributing Institution:: Wisconsin Historical Society