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Vel Phillips and Four People

Date: 10 1998
Description: Group portrait, from left: Curtis Harris, Jeannetta Robinson, Donald Sykes, Vel Phillips, and Rose Lue-Hing. Vel Phillips is wearing a red suit coat.
Photograph

Vel Phillips

Date: 1992
Description: Waist-up portrait of Vel Phillips in a white blouse posing outdoors next to a railing.
Photograph

Vel Phillips and Woman

Date: 05 23 1992
Description: Vel Phillips and an unidentified woman. They are attending the NDHS reunion at the Pfister Hotel.
Biographical Book Excerpt

Phillips, Vel (Rodgers)

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Vel Phillips and Gerda Ruecktenwald

Date: 05 09 1992
Description: Vel Phillips posing with photographer Gerda Ruecktenwald. Vel is wearing a light blue suit, a flower shaped brooch, and a button pin that reads: "Hate" wit...
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Vel Phillips and Jeannetta Robinson

Date: 10 1998
Description: Vel Phillips standing beside Jeannetta Robinson. Jeannetta is holding a plaque that awards the James Howard Baker Award to Career Youth Development, Inc. f...
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Vel Phillips at Community Brainstorming Conference

Date: 05 1998
Description: From the left is Reverend John K. Patterson, Mildred Harpole, Vel Phillips, Frank Cumberbatch, and Moderator Russell Stamper. Russell is moderating the Com...
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Vel Phillips and Mother Naomi Scott

Date: 12 1997
Description: Vel Phillips sitting, on left, and looking on as Mother Naomi Scott speaks into a microphone at a podium at the Community Brainstorming Conference.
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Vel Phillips for YWCA

Date: 05 09 1992
Description: Vel Phillips speaking at a podium. She is wearing a light blue suit. The sign on the podium reads: "YWCA of Greater Milwaukee."
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Vel Phillips and Milwaukee Turners

Date: 1992
Description: Vel Phillips, wearing a checkered suit and holding a glass award next to a podium. A man wearing a suit stands next to her. The sign on the podium reads: "...
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Vel Phillips and Milwaukee Turners

Date: 1992
Description: Vel Phillips, wearing a checkered suit is displaying a glass award while standing next to a podium. A man wearing a suit stands next to her. The sign on th...
Historical Essay

Black History in Wisconsin

Read about Black history in Wisconsin. There are many links to original documents, pictures, eyewitness accounts, and other primary sources.
Historical Essay

Timeline of Wisconsin History, 1900 -1999

Brief timeline of Wisconsin history from 1900 to 1999.

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