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Vel Phillips and Child

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Description: Rear view of Vel Phillips walking on a sidewalk in a neighborhood, with a small child walking in front of her. Vel is wearing a long coat and a hat.
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Vel Phillips and Patrick Lucey

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Description: Vel Phillips posing outdoors with a man wearing a suit. Vel is wearing a yellow top over a long, striped skirt with a vegetable design. Behind them is a dr...
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Vel Phillips with Patrick Lucey and Unidentified Woman

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Description: Vel Phillips posing outdoors on a sidewalk with Patrick Lucey and a woman on the right. A group of people stand behind them. Vel is wearing a yellow top ov...
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Vel Phillips Greeting Woman

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Description: Vel Phillips, wearing a coat and fur scarf, is shaking the hand of Golda Meier. There are other unidentified men surrounding the two. In the background is ...
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Vel Phillips Pitching

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Description: Vel Phillips, wearing an Milwaukee Commandos NAACP Youth Council sweatshirt, throws a pitch. A batter, catcher, and umpire are in the foreground. Two unide...
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Vel Phillips Pitching

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Description: View from behind catcher towards Vel Phillips, wearing an Milwaukee Commandos NAACP Youth Council sweatshirt, throwing a pitch to the catcher, who is stand...
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Vel Phillips Helping Child in Street

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Description: View down street towards Vel Phillips, who is crouching down near the curb at an intersection helping a child laying in the street. Her handbag is next to ...
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Vel Phillips at Bat

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Description: Vel Phillips grips the bat and ducks as the ball is pitched at a baseball game. The catcher is on the right. Chain link fencing, a bicycle and a residentia...
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Vel Phillips Pitching

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Description: View from behind the catcher towards Vel Phillips throwing a baseball pitch. She is wearing a sweatshirt that reads "Milwaukee Commandos NAACP Youth Counci...
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Vel Phillips Playing Baseball

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Description: Vel Phillips, wearing an Milwaukee Commandos NAACP Youth Council sweatshirt, handing a baseball to an unidentified young man wearing a jacket. Two unidenti...
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Vel Phillips Pitching Baseball

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Description: View from behind batter and umpire of Vel Phillips pitching a baseball. She is wearing a Milwaukee NAACP Youth Council sweatshirt. There are three unidenti...
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Vel Phillips Pitching a Baseball

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Description: Vel Phillips, wearing a baseball glove, hat and a sweatshirt that reads "Milwaukee Commando NAACP Youth Council" pitching a baseball. In the background sta...
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Vel Phillips Addressing Group

Date: 04 14 1967
Description: 6th Ward Milwaukee Alderman Vel Phillips is wearing a dress and standing on a podium. To the right are Bernice Lindsay and Reverend Lovell Johnson standing...
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Vel Phillips and News Media

Date: 04 14 1967
Description: Vel Phillips is on a podium wearing a dress. To the left are two members of the media holding recording equipment who are documenting the N Lindsay Street ...
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Vel Phillips Marching at Lincoln Memorial

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Description: Vel Phillips (left) is marching with the Milwaukee NAACP Youth Council. In the background is the Lincoln Memorial. Other unidentified youth council members...
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Vel Phillips Introduces Bernice Lindsay

Date: 04 14 1967
Description: Vel Phillips is in a dress on a podium. She is next to Bernice Lindsay, who is wearing a coat and a hat. Behind them is Reverend Lovell Johnson, who is wea...
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Lifting the Lindsay Street Sign

Date: 04 14 1967
Description: Vel Phillips and Bernice Lindsay helping lift the Lindsay Street sign to be installed. Phillips is wearing a dress and is in front of Lindsay, who is weari...
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Vel Phillips Riding a Bicycle

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Description: A group of bicycle riders on the street, with a smiling Vel Phillips in the lead. She is wearing a sweater, scarf, gloves, slacks and lace up shoes. Other ...
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Lovell Johnson Addresses Group

Date: 04 14 1967
Description: Reverend Lovell Johnson of St. Marks African Methodist Episcopal Church is on a podium in a coat and hat. On her right are Vel Phillips and Bernice Lindsay...
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Bernice Lindsay Approaching Podium

Date: 04 14 1967
Description: Vel Phillips is behind the podium in a dress. She is reaching out her hand for Bernice Lindsay, who is wearing a coat and a hat. An unidentified person is ...

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