MAKING.
<!32768> IT'S NOT A STATUE YET,
BUT THIS CARDBOARD CUTOUT OF
WISCONSIN'S FIRST BLACK
SECRETARY OF STATE, VEL
PHILLIPS, GAVE MEMBERS OF A
GROUP DECIDING ON THE PLACEMENT
A SPECIAL SNEAK PREVIEW OF
THINGS TO COME.
HER STATUE LOCATION ON THE SOUTH
SIDE OF THE CAPITOL WAS
UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED BY THE
CAPITOL SUBCOMMITTEE THIS WEEK.
PHILLIPS LIVED AND WORKED A LIFE
OF FIRSTS.
SHE WAS THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO
GRADUATE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF
WISCONSIN LAW SCHOOL.
SHE WAS THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN ON
THE MILWAUKEE COMMON COUNCIL.
PHILLIPS WAS THE STATE'S FIRST
BLACK WOMAN JUDGE.
IN 1978, SHE WAS ELECTED
SECRETARY OF STATE, THE FIRST
FEMALE, NONWHITE PERSON SO
ELECTED.
HER STATUE WILL BE A LEGACY TO
NOT ONLY HER OWN WORK, BUT THE
PRODUCT ON GG WORK PROPELLED BY
THE RACIAL JUSTICE MOVEMENT.
PHILLIPS' SON WAS THERE ON
TUESDAY.
HE SAID HIS MOTHER'S STATUE WILL
HELP ENSURE HER LEGACY.
>> THEY LOOK UP AND SEE THIS
STATUE OF A PERSON.
WHO IS THAT.
THEY LOOK AND READ THE
INSCRIPTION.
AND THEN THEY GOOGLE HER.
AND THEN THEY FIND OUT THIS IS A
PERSON WHO HAS FOUGHT FOR THE
RIGHT OF ALL WISCONSINITES.
>> FULL COMMITTEE APPROVAL FOR
THE STATUE IS EXPECTEDHIS
FALL.
>> SOME OF THE HISTORICAL
FOOTAGE YOU JUST SAW IS FROM A
PBS WISCONSIN DOCUMENTARY ON THE
LIFE OF VEL PHILLIPS.
IT'S CALLED "VEL PHILLIPS, DREAM
BIG DREAMS."
IT CAN BE SEEN ONLINE IN THE PBS
VIDEO ARCHIVE.
AND THAT IS OUR PROGRAM FOR
TONIGHT.