25-04-2018 18:37 via nytimes.com

Vel Phillips, Housing Rights Champion in the ′60s, Dies at 95

She broke racial and gender barriers on her way to spearheading open-housing legislation in Milwaukee and was a voice in Democratic national politics.
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