"Soon, the newlyweds moved to Madison to attend the University of Wisconsin Law School." "TheNAACP'sbeliefin that period, late forties, early fifties is that the legal route is the way to go." "We need more lawyers." "Iwasveryexcited." "It was just a wonderful place to be." "Theywereassignedto a University housing facility recently created for returning G.I.s and their families, a group of pre-fabricated trailers called Badger Village." "Iwasso lookingforwardto going to Badger Village." "It would be the first time we would be by ourselves." "Wewentouttolook atwhat it would be like, but people saw us." "Oneoftheirfriendswho's wife is at a party and what he hears at the party is, "Did you hear?" "The niggers are moving in."" "So they put together a petition." "Andtheypassedoff  this petition saying, we don't want any blacks in Badger Village." "And you have no idea how that affected me." "That was quite a shattering experience and it spoiled it for me." "BadgerVillageresidents shared a central communal bathroom." "SoI saidto my husband, "When you go to the bathroom, do you go to the same toilet?"" "Because I found them talking once, and one said to the other," ""She always uses that toilet, so don't go in there."" "So I said, "Don't use the same one, just change it all around." "You know, don't go to the same one all the time."" "That's when my husband said, "We gotta get out of here."" "Myfatherwasaveteran from World War II." "It was a segregated military at the time." "He was a bit more street smart." "He'sworriedabout the threat." "In many places petition goes to violence very quickly." "So whites will try to intimidate you or have a petition and that escalates to something on your lawn, which escalates ultimately to the potential of violence." "Dalefounduniversityhousing closer to campus, also in prefabricated trailers, but more welcoming to African Americans." "And together, Dale and Vel Phillips became the first" "African American couple to graduate from the University of Wisconsin Law School." "Iwasthefirstblackwoman  to graduate from the law school." "I just thought that was the biggest thing that could happen to me."