Rep. Moore Omokunde: Special Observance Day for Vel Phillips

MADISON–Today, the Wisconsin Legislative Black Caucus came together to celebrate the life and legacy of The Honorable Vel Phillips and to introduce legislation adding February 18th, Vel R. Phillips’s birthday, to the list of special observance days for Wisconsin public schools. If passed, this bill would make Vel Phillips the first Black woman and third person born in Wisconsin to be honored by a ...