Nearly 65 years later, that bond is as strong as ever between Bridges and retired teacher Barbara Henry. "She’s like another mom to me," Bridges said on TODAY on Feb. 18.

A parent complained that the movie might teach white children to hate Black children. U.S. deputy marshals escort 6-year-old Ruby Bridges from William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans, La ...

A film about a Black first grader who integrated an all-White elementary school in the South is under review in a Florida school district after a parent objected to the movie’s use of slurs and ...

Ruby Bridges, right, who integrated Louisiana schools in the 1960s, meets with Charles Burks in 2013 after the two filmed a video to share their experience with children.

This month, an elementary school in St. Petersburg, Fla., stopped showing a 1998 Disney movie about Ruby Bridges, the 6-year-old Black girl who integrated a public elementary school in New Orleans ...

U.S. Deputy Marshals escort 6-year-old Ruby Bridges from William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans, in this November 1960, ... Sign up for our free daily newsletter. Email.

Civil Rights icon Ruby Bridges is an integral part of U.S. history lessons in classrooms nationwide, given her status as the first Black child to integrate an elementary school in the South. But ...

Director Euzhan Palcy is speaking out about the reversal of a ban on her 1998 Disney film Ruby Bridges in a St. Petersburg, Florida, elementary school. “Truth will out!” Palcy, 65, says in a ...

ST. PETERSBURG — The Disney movie “Ruby Bridges,” which tells the tale of a 6-year-old who integrated New Orleans schools in the 1960s, has been a staple of Pinellas County Black History ...

Civil rights icon Ruby Bridges details her friendship with retired teacher Barbara Henry, who is the subject of her new children's book, "Ruby Bridges: A Talk with My Teacher." ...

Ruby Bridges was a 6-year-old first grader in November 1960 when she had to be escorted by federal marshals as the first Black student in her all-white public elementary school in New Orleans.