“Ruby Bridges was selected, because she’s relatable to our second-graders as she is a 6-year-old. And after the movie, we had a post discussion,” one teacher said.

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 ...

The 1998 film “Ruby Bridges” will continue to be part of the elementary school curriculum. San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images. A few days after the viewing, parent Emily Conklin filed a ...

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 ...

The film’s namesake, Ruby Bridges, was 6 when she became the first Black student to attend William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans on November 14, 1960. Flanked by four federal marshals ...

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 ...

Full Story: As part of a lesson for Black History Month, the movie “Ruby Bridges” was shown to approximately 60 second grade students at North Shore Elementary on March 2, 2023.

Earlier this month, the parent wouldn't allow her child to watch the 1998 Disney movie "Ruby Bridges," which tells the real-life story of a 6-year-old girl who was among the first Black students ...