“Ruby Bridges” director Euzhan Palcy said she and her colleagues faced challenges in getting the movie made in the 1990s. (Photo by Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images for Essence) ...

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.

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 ...

Ruby Bridges, right, who integrated Louisiana schools in 1960 under escort from U.S. Marshals, poses with Charles Burks, 91, who was one of those marshals in front of a recreation of the school at ...

Ruby Bridges first saw racism through the eyes of a child by William (Billy) Johnson February 20, 2024 @ 12:01 am February 16, 2024 @ 4:22 pm. Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window ...

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.