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State committee advances plan to honor Milwaukee civil rights pioneer. //end headline wrapper ?> Get a daily rundown of the top stories on Urban Milwaukee Vel Phillips. Photo by Voces de la Frontera from Milwaukee, USA, (CC BY 2.0), via Wikimedia Commons A statue of civil rights leader and political trailblazer Vel Phillips, the first female and the first Black person elected to a statewide office in Wisconsin, could be erected on the Wisconsin Capitol building grounds under a plan advanced Monday by a state committee. The statue, which supporters are lauding as a long overdue tribute and a recognition of the contributions of the Black community to Wisconsin, could be placed at the South Hamilton Street entrance to the Capitol building or inside the Capitol. ....
Reply Dec. 13, 2020 Gov. Tony Evers today announced that the Wisconsin Department of Administration (DOA) was awarded two federal grants totaling $60,000 to assist with the restoration costs of the Forward and Col. Hans Christian Heg statues that were damaged earlier this year. The grants are from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). Subscribe In July, Gov. Evers encouraged the State Capitol and Executive Residence Board (SCERB) to consider diversifying the State Capitol statues to more accurately represent the leaders who have contributed to Wisconsin s history by honoring the late Vel Phillips with a statue on the Capitol grounds. ....