Tells the story of civil rights activist Vel Phillips, the first African American woman elected Wisconsin Secretary of State and the first African American woman in the nation elected to executive office in state government.
The story of one remarkable woman and the struggles she undertook to build a better community is shared for the first time in a documentary from Wisconsin Public Television.
Discover how Vel Phillips rose to prominence as one of Wisconsin’s great civil rights activists, achieving an impressive list of “firsts” as part of her legacy including the first African American judge in Wisconsin and the first woman, and African American, in the nation elected to executive office in state government.
