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    Velvalea Hortense Rodgers "Vel" Phillips (February 18, 1924 – April 17, 2018) was an American attorney, politician, jurist, and civil rights activist...
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    Vel Phillips Memorial High School (formerly James Madison Memorial High School (JMM) ) or simply "VPM" is a public high school on the west side of Madison...
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    draft. Ferguson attended James Madison Memorial High School now known as Vel Phillips Memorial High School in Madison, Wisconsin. He played wide receiver and...
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    In 1982, he was again elected secretary of state, defeating incumbent Vel Phillips in the primary. During his time in office, the Wisconsin legislature...
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    Reginald VelJohnson (born Reginald Johnson; August 16, 1952) is an American actor. He is best known for playing police officer characters, such as Carl...
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    2021). "James Madison Memorial High School in Madison Renamed after Vel Phillips". Journal Sentinel. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Retrieved December 8, 2022...
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    Lieutenant Governor. Milwaukee Alderwoman and civil rights activist Vel Phillips was nominated in a field of 9 candidates and defeated Republican Frederic...
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  • autogyro company, renamed Magni Gyro in 1996 Vranken Pommery Monopole Vel Phillips Memorial High School, a public high school in Madison, Wisconsin VPM-FM...
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  • Organization James Madison Memorial High School, the former name of Vel Phillips Memorial High School Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, a political party in India...
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    behind the Milwaukee School District. The five public high schools are Vel Phillips Memorial, Madison West, Madison East, La Follette, and Malcolm Shabazz...
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  • organizer Valerie Phillips, American photographer Vel Phillips (1924–2018), American judge Verno Phillips (born 1969), Belizean boxer Vicki Phillips (born 1958)...
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    Ohio Liz J. Patterson South Carolina state senator Secretary of State Vel Phillips of Wisconsin Lieutenant Governor John Shelton Wilder of Tennessee Municipal...
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  • Enjoyiana Nururdin (April 12, 2024). "Sculpture honoring the legacy of Vel Phillips to be unveiled at the Capitol in June". WKOW. Retrieved May 13, 2024...
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  • Wisconsin State Assembly Richard F. Pettigrew – United States Senator Vel Phillips – Wisconsin Secretary of State William Edmunds Plummer – Wisconsin State...
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    Newsday. 2010-11-02. Retrieved 2014-04-17. "Pioneering civil rights leader Vel Phillips dies". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. April 17, 2018. Retrieved April 17...
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  • First female: Olga Bennett (1935) in 1970 First African American female: Vel Phillips in 1971 First female (Chief Judge; First Judicial District): Kitty K...
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  • Summer. Milwaukee communities had long been segregated when Alderwoman Vel Phillips, the first woman and African American to hold the position, proposed...
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    journalist Kathleen Vinehout, Wisconsin State Senator Kathleen Falk Vel Phillips, Former Wisconsin Secretary of State Brett Hulsey, then-Wisconsin State...
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  • NFL head coach Anthony Pettis, mixed martial artist signed with UFC Vel Phillips, politician, jurist and activist Amy Pietz, actress, known for role as...
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  • general Golda Meir, Prime Minister of Israel Gwen Moore, Congresswoman Vel Phillips, pioneering African-American politician Dave Quabius, basketball player...
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  • vacant 23D, 10R 66D, 33R 1978 1979 Lee S. Dreyfus (R) Russell Olson (R) Vel Phillips (D) 21D, 12R 60D, 39R 6D, 3R 1980 Reagan/ Bush (R) Y 1981 19D, 14R 58D...
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  • (1983–1991) Barbara Lawton, 43rd Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin (2003–2011) Vel Phillips, 29th Secretary of State of Wisconsin (1979–1983) John Shea, New Hampshire...
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  • Republican 1979 1986 Jeannette Edmondson Oklahoma Democratic 1979 1987 Vel Phillips Wisconsin Democratic January 3, 1979 May 3, 1983 Barbara Kennelly Connecticut...
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    by U.S. National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger and local Aldermen Vel Phillips and Orville Pitts. The school was renamed in her honor in 1979. The school...
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  • East High School, Sun Prairie Sun Prairie West High School, Sun Prairie Vel Phillips Memorial High School, Madison Verona Area High School, Verona Waunakee...
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  • North High School Oshkosh West High School Carl Traeger Middle School Vel Phillips Middle School (opened in 2023, replacing Webster Stanley and Merrill...
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  • Massachusetts Tourtellotte Memorial High School — Grosvenordale, Connecticut Vel Phillips Memorial High School — Madison, Wisconsin, widely known as "Memorial...
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  • (Fairfax County, Virginia) James Madison High School (Milwaukee), Wisconsin Vel Phillips Memorial High School, formerly known as James Madison Memorial High School...
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  • Swedish museum curator, Director of the Museum of Modern Art (1972–1995). Vel Phillips, 94, American attorney and politician, Secretary of State of Wisconsin...
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    Statewide politicians Peg Lautenschlager, former Wisconsin Attorney General Vel Phillips, former Wisconsin Secretary of State County District Attorneys Larry...
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