Vel Phillips elected
North Side, Milwaukee · 1956
The first Black person and first woman on the Common Council, she introduced an open housing ordinance four times between 1962 and 1967 and lost 18 to 1 each time.
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The first Black person and first woman on the Common Council, she introduced an open housing ordinance four times between 1962 and 1967 and lost 18 to 1 each time.
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