REPUBLICANS CALLED THE DECISION
A "WIN FOR FAIR ELECTIONS."
DEMOCRATS CALLED IT AN "ASSAULT
ON DEMOCRACY."
>> IN A SIGN OF AN IDEA WHOSE
TIME HAS CALL THIS WEEK, THERE
ARE CALLS TO HONOR ONE OF
WISCONSIN'S BEST-KNOWN CIVIL
RIGHTS PIONEERS, JUST WEEKS
AFTER PROTESTERS TOPPLED A
REPLICA OF THE "FORWARD" STATUTE
AND ANOTHER OF HANS CHRISTIAN
HEG, A NORWEGIAN IMMIGRANT FROM
WISCONSIN WHO DIED FIGHTING FOR
THE UNION ARMY IN THE CIVIL WAR.
THE PROPOSED STATUTE WOULD HONOR
VEL PHILLIPS.
SHE DIED TWO YEARS AGO AT THE
AGE OF 94 AFTER BREAKING RACE
BARRIERS HER ENTIRE LIFE.
PHILLIPS WAS THE FIRST BLACK
WOMAN ELECTED AS WISCONSIN'S
SECRETARY OF STATE, THE FIRST IN
THE NATION ELECTED TO STATEWIDE
OFFICE, THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO
GRADUATE FROM THE UW LAW SCHOOL
AND THE FIRST BLACK PERSON
ELECTED TO MILWAUKEE'S CITY
COUNCIL AND TO BE A WISCONSIN
JUDGE.
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT VEL PHILLIPS
GO TO PBSWISCONSIN.ORG AND WATCH
"VEL PHILLIPS: DREAM BIG