Ruby Bridges (1998)

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Penelope Ann Miller	...	Barbara Henry
	Kevin Pollak	...	Dr. Robert Coles
	Michael Beach	...	Abon Bridges
	Jean Louisa Kelly	...	Jane Coles
	Peter Francis James	...	Dr. Broyard
	Patrika Darbo	...	Miss Spencer
	Chaz Monet	...	Ruby Nell Bridges
	Diana Scarwid	...	Miss Woodmere
	Lela Rochon	...	Lucielle 'Lucy' Bridges
	Toni Ann Johnson	...	Alma Broyard
	Michael Burgess	...	Mr. Lewis
	Al Butler	...	Deputy U.S. Marshal Al Buffer
	Charlie Lucas	...	Mr. Taylor
	Kiara Tucker	...	Alison
	Christopher Monroe Stokes	...	Carl (as Christopher Stokes)

Storyline

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. Written by Tommy Peter  

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