Vel Phillips, Housing Rights Champion in the ′60s, Is Dead at 95 ...
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23 hours ago - Vel Phillips,
a barrier-breaking African-American lawmaker from Milwaukee who became
an influential voice in the national movement for fair housing during
the 1960s, died on April 17 in Mequon, Wis. She was 95. Her son Michael
confirmed the death. Ms. Phillips — the first African-American to serve
on ...