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.

I'm just curious as that 6-year-old girl, 7-year-old going from first to second grade, how you were feeling, just as we talked about in the introduction there, not only did the white parents pull ...

RUBY BRIDGES: I had no idea that it was going to be a white school. It wasn't something that my parents explained to me. As a matter of fact, the only thing they said is, Ruby, you're going to go ...

Ruby Bridges talked in the late ’90s about the importance of Disney making a movie about how, as a first-grader, she became a civil rights icon by wading through a White mob to integrate an ...

On November 14, 1960, a 6-year-old girl walked into William J. Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans. That seemingly mundane moment would shake the community and change the city forever.

An elementary school in Florida has temporarily banned students from viewing a film about civil rights pioneer Ruby Bridges after a parent complained.. A screening of the 1988 film “Ruby Bridges ...

The vast majority of North Shore second grade parents agreed to let their kids watch the movie, which contains racial slurs and scenes of white parents threatening violence against a 6-year-old ...

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 ...

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." ...

Civil rights icon Ruby Bridges details her ... "And I was so excited about going back for second grade, ... Chaotic 6 months show investors are still leaning 'bullish' headed into the second ha ...

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." ...