Ruby Bridges (1998) on Netflix
NR19981h 36mAdventureComedyDrama
In 1960 New Orleans, the NAACP chooses six-year-old Ruby Bridges for an all-white elementary school. Her father doubts she should bear it; US marshals hold back a mob.
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- Netflix3.9/5
- IMDb7.1/101,373 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes83%
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Plot summary
The NAACP picks four Black first-graders in New Orleans in 1960 to enter the city's all-white public schools, selecting them on their test scores. Three go to McDonogh 19. Ruby Bridges, six years old, is sent alone to William Frantz Elementary School, where US marshals hold back an angry mob. Her father, Abon Bridges, doubts that his daughter should be persecuted this way, while her mother, Lucielle "Lucy" Bridges, holds to a deep faith that gives the girl strength. At school, teacher Barbara Henry pushes back against her racist superiors and coworkers to stand by Ruby. Psychiatrist Robert Coles and his wife Jane Coles help her with the stress she carries.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Ruby Bridges (1998)
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- In 2023, a Florida parent complained that Ruby Bridges was not appropriate for second-graders because it might teach them that "white people hate Black people"; a committee of teachers, parents, community members and a library media specialist watched the film and declined to ban it.
- Six-year-old Ruby Bridges was one of four black first-graders picked by test scores to integrate New Orleans schools in 1960; three went to McDonogh 19, and she alone was sent to William Frantz Elementary School.
