Rest in power, Vel Phillips

Wisconsin thanks you:

[link:https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/2018/04/17/pioneering-civil-rights-leader-vel-phillips-dies/527107002/|

"Phillips became many firsts. She was the first black woman to graduate from the University of Wisconsin law school. She was the first woman – and first African-American alderman – elected to the Milwaukee Common Council.

Other firsts followed, including her election as the first woman judge in Milwaukee County and as the first black person elected to statewide office.

And she was always a civil rights activist, believing that civil rights were human rights......

On the streets, she helped lead marchers with the likes of Father James Groppi. The marchers found joy and purpose in solidarity. They knew fear as they faced screaming mobs and abuse."