Bridges was taught by a white teacher named Barbara Henry and was the only student in her class for the entire school year. To commemorate Ruby Bridges, on Wednesday, Nov. 17, Centreville ...

At the event sponsored by Sylvamo, Bridges will host a reading of “A Talk With My Teacher.” The novel pays tribute to Barbara Henry, an educator who supported Bridges while she became a face ...

Memphis, TN, May 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The National Civil Rights Museum is hosting its eighth Ruby Bridges Reading Festival on Saturday, May 17, featuring celebrated civil rights icon and ...

Civil rights icon Ruby Bridges, who at the age of 6 desegregated a school in Louisiana and made history, spoke at Cal State Long Beach on Wednesday, March 19.

Eventually, the students returned, but none of them was willing to share a classroom with her. Bridges was taught in a classroom by herself by teacher Barbara Henry all year long.

Bridges was taught in a classroom by herself by teacher Barbara Henry all year long. The child’s bravery in the face of such opposition inspired Norman Rockwell’s painting “The Problem We All Live ...