Ruby Bridges

Runtime : 96 mins

Genre : Drama Family History

Vote Rating : 5.5

Release Date 18-January-1998

The true story of Ruby Bridges, an African-American girl who, in 1960 at age 6, helped to integrate the all-white schools of New Orleans. Although she was the only black girl to come to the school she was sent to, (and since all the white mothers pulled their children out of class, she was the only one there, period), and though she faced a crowd of angry white citizens every day, she emerged unscathed, physically or emotionally. Encouraged by her teacher, a white woman from the North named Barbara Henry, and her mother, Lucille, and with her own quiet strength, she eventually broke down a century-old barrier forever, a pivotal moment in the civil-rights movement

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Cast Members

Ruby Nell Bridges
played by
Chaz Monet

Abon Bridges
played by
Michael Beach

Barbara Henry
played by
Penelope Ann Miller

Lucielle Lucy Bridges
played by
Lela Rochon

Dr. Robert Coles
played by
Kevin Pollak

Jane Coles
played by
Jean Louisa Kelly

Dr. Broyard
played by
Peter Francis James

Miss Woodmere
played by
Diana Scarwid

Miss Spencer
played by
Patrika Darbo

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