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Vel Phillips sculpture unveiled at Capitol

  • Jul 28, 2024
  • Jul 28, 2024 Updated 23 hrs ago
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After a four year, $700,000 effort, a sculpture of Vel Phillips now resides at the Wisconsin State Capitol, the first Black leader to be represented there.

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Vel Phillips memorialized in sculpture at state Capitol

Vel Phillips memorialized in sculpture at state Capitol

 From now on, when the little Black girls of Wisconsin look at their state capitol, they'll see their own faces reflected back at them, a physical reminder that they can do great things.

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The 99-member state Assembly and 33-member state Senate include one representative in each house for every Wisconsin citizen.

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