Ruby Bridges

Ruby Bridges

She went to school... and taught the nation a lesson.

PG 1998 · 96 min · ★ 6.8 · Drama, Family, History, TV Movie

When six-year-old Ruby Bridges is chosen to be the first African-American to integrate her local elementary school, she is subjected to the true ugliness of racism for the first time.

Directed by Euzhan Palcy · Written by Toni Ann Johnson

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