Civil rights icon Ruby Bridges ... grade teacher who became her "best friend." Nearly 65 years later, that bond is as strong as ever between Bridges and retired teacher Barbara Henry.

Bridges made history at 6-years-old when she walked into an all-White grade school in Louisiana, surrounded by federal marshals.

ABC NEWS: Civil rights icon, activist, author, and speaker Ruby Bridges made history at just 6 years old as the first Black ... but also many of the teachers refused to teach you. But for one. BRIDGES ...

Civil rights icon Ruby Bridges, who at the age of 6 desegregated a school in Louisiana and made history, spoke at Cal State ...