WARD VS FLOOD

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• San Francisco 1874
• Broadway Grammar School
• Noah Flood

MARY FRANCES WARD

• 11 year old Afircan- American
• Wanted to attend Broadway Grammar School
• Was denied acceptance due to race
• Guardian, A.J Ward

NOAH FLOOD

• Principal of Broadway Grammar School
• Denied Mary Flood acceptance

THE CASE

• Ward family demanded acceptance
• Brought to supreme court
• Mr. Justice Rhodes
• Only school they could go to
• Had a right to deny acceptance

THE RULING

• Favored Flood
• Did not infringe 14 amendment
• Seperate but equal

WHAT THIS MEANT

• Offer alternate opportunities
• Created worse environmen for non whites

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