Vel R. Phillips Plaza opens in downtown Milwaukee [Video]

RIGHT HERE ON WISN 12. THE NEW VILLA PHILLIPS PLAZA, OPENED IN DOWNTOWN MILWAUKEE TODAY. BUT. FIRST CITY LEADERS WITH ARMS AROUND ANOTHER GATHERED FOR THE GRAND OPENING OF THE UW MADISON MARCHING BAND PERFORMED ITS SONG OF PRAISE. VARSITY PHILLIPS WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN TO GRADUATE FROM UW LAW SCHOOL IN 1951, GOING ON TO ACCOMPLISH MANY FIRSTS. TONIGHT, 12 NEWS IS MADISON MOORE SHARES HOW THE PLAZA PAYS TRIBUTE TO A WISCONSIN TRAILBLAZER IN THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN MILWAUKEE. A NEW SPACE TO GATHER, REFLECT AND REMEMBER A CIVIL RIGHTS ICON. THE VEL PHILLIPS PLAZA, LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF VILAS PHILLIPS, FORMERLY FOURTH STREET AND WISCONSIN AVENUES, BOASTS GREEN SPACE, SEATING AREAS AND KIOSKS DOCUMENTING HER LIFE AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS. MY MOM FOUGHT FOR EVERY PERSON SHE FOUGHT FOR BLACK PEOPLE, WHITE PEOPLE, UM, PEOPLE OF ALL SHAPES, SIZES, COLORS, ORIENTATIONS. I WANT THEM TO UNDERSTAND …