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| Date: | 07 1980 |
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| Description: | Vel Phillips stands between two women. They are all holding wine glasses. The woman on the left is wearing glasses and a turtleneck. The woman on the right... |
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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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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 1971 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Vel Phillips in her judges's black robe with an American flag behind her. She was the 13th District Children's Court judge, the first woman and... |
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| Description: | Vel Phillips in a group. The man and woman in the foreground are shaking hands. The men are wearing suits and the women are wearing dresses. Several have n... |
| Date: | 05 09 1992 |
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| Description: | Vel Phillips speaking at a podium. She is wearing a light blue suit. The sign on the podium reads: "YWCA of Greater Milwaukee." |
| Date: | 12 05 1961 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Vel Phillips sitting and posing for a fashion shoot. She is wearing a dark outfit with a fur-lined coat. She has a handbag on her right arm and... |
| Date: | 12 05 1961 |
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| Description: | Vel Phillips wearing a light-colored dress. She is wearing a white glove on her right hand and has bracelets on her left wrist. She is looking in a mirror.... |
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| Description: | Vel Phillips sits behind a desk wearing a striped turtleneck and a necklace. She is resting her hands on a folder on the desk blotter. Her nameplate is at ... |
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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 ... |
| Date: | 11 1967 |
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| Description: | Vel Phillips marching with the Milwaukee NAACP Youth Council rally. She is wearing the organization's sweatshirt. Other unidentified people are marching wi... |
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| Description: | Vel Phillips, in a flower patterned dress, standing next to an unidentified man who is wearing a suit and necktie. Behind them is a sign that partially rea... |
| Date: | 1971 |
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| Description: | Vel Phillips sitting at her desk in the Milwaukee Common Council chamber. She is writing on a piece of paper. Seated next to her are two unidentified women... |
| Date: | 06 20 1949 |
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| Description: | CA-VEL fabrics window display at Leath's furniture store, 117 State Street, showing a living room scene with panels of CA-VEL deep pile mohair upholstery f... |
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| Description: | Group portrait of Vel Phillips in a room with nine men. She is standing in the center holding a document with a man wearing a suit. On the left are four me... |
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| Description: | Vel Phillips being carried on the shoulders of Milwaukee NAACP Youth Council members. On the right is Father James Groppi speaking into a microphone on a p... |
| Date: | 01 17 1980 |
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| Description: | Group portrait at Horicon Marsh. Vel Phillips stands in the middle of the group wearing a coat and dark pants. The man on the far right is W. Dale Phillips... |
| Discover the story of Vel Phillips, the first African American woman to become a judge in Wisconsin. |
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| Description: | Vel Phillips chats with two men. She is wearing a dress, sweater and scarf and is holding papers and roses in one arm. The men are wearing plaid suits and ... |
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