| Other author/creator | Phillips, Vel, 1924-2018, interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Crowe, Larry F., interviewer. |
| Other author/creator | Stearns, Scott, director of photography. |
| Other author/creator | HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company. |
| Variant title |
History Makers video oral history with Vel Phillips |
| Portion of title |
Vel Phillips |
| Abstract |
Former Wisconsin Secretary of State Velvalea Hortense Rodgers Phillips was born on February 2, 1924 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She graduated from North Division High School, earning her B.A. degree from Howard University in 1946. Phillips became the first black woman to earn an L.L.B. degree from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1952. She became the first woman to win a Milwaukee Common Council seat in 1956. In 1968, with Catholic Father James Groppi and the NAACP Youth Council, Phillips led marches for fair housing, while riots swept the black community, and in 1968, Milwaukee's open housing bill passed. In 1971, Phillips was appointed as the first woman to the Milwaukee County Judiciary. In 1978, she became the first woman and first non-white to be elected Secretary of State in Wisconsin. In 2002, Phillips was appointed "Distinguished Professor of Law" at Marquette University School of Law. In 2006, Phillips founded the Vel Phillips Foundation. |
| Credits | Videographer, Scott Stearns. |
| Performer |
Larry Crowe, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Milwaukee, Wisconsin 2007 December 2. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Milwaukee, Wisconsin 2017 February 25. |
| Source of description | Vendor-supplied metadata. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Interviews. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Stock number | A2007.338 HistoryMakers |
