Legislation would rename post office for Vel Phillips
Posted: Sep 18, 2018 7:59 PM CST
MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin and Ron Johnson introduced legislation Tuesday that would rename the post office building near MLK and Center the Vel R. Phillips Post Office Building.
Vel Phillips was a civil rights activist who died earlier in 2018.
She was the first African-American elected to the Milwaukee Common Council and to statewide office in Wisconsin. Part of 4th Street in Milwaukee was renamed in Phillips' honor in August.