- Collection:
- March on Milwaukee: Civil Rights History Project
- Title:
- Vel Phillips discussing open housing legislation at a common council meeting, November 29 1966 (partial)
- Creator:
- WTMJ-TV
- Date of Original:
- 1966-11-29
- Subject:
- Segregation in education--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
- Location:
- United States, Wisconsin, 44.50024, -90.00041
- Medium:
- photographic film (photographic materials)
- Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- News film clips featuring Vel Phillips' speaking at a common council meeting. In the first clip she laments that the city attorney has weighed in against the council taking action on the proposed ordinance and wonders when council members began to let the attorney dictate policy to the council. In the second clip Phillips questions the weight given to the city attorney's opinion and states her belief that council members are using the attorney's position to avoid acting on the ordinance.
Sound
Grayscale - Metadata URL:
- https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/march/id/1751
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 2 video files
- Original Collection:
- Milwaukee Journal Stations Records
Archives / Milwaukee Area Research Center. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries
March On Milwaukee - Civil Rights History Project - Contributing Institution:
- Golda Meir Library. Special Collections
- Rights:
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