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Velma Korbel, director of Minneapolis' Civil Rights Department

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Velma Korbel is the director of the Minneapolis Department of Civil Rights.
Photo courtesy of the city of Minneapolis

Minneapolis has approved the state's top human rights officer to lead the city's Department of Civil Rights.

The city council unanimously approved Velma Korbel as the next director of the city's Civil Rights Department. She currently serves as Commissioner at the Minnesota Department of Human Rights.

To talk about the job before her in Minneapolis, Velma Korbel joined All Things Considered on the phone.

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Velma Korbel
Velma Korbel is the director of the Minneapolis Department of Civil Rights.
Photo courtesy of the city of Minneapolis