To this day, Bridges or today Ruby Bridges Hall, lives in New Orleans with her husband, Malcolm, and her four children. She graduated from a desegregated high school, then worked as a travel agent for 15 years. She is now the chair of of her foundation, The Ruby Bridges Foundation. She formed this in 1999 to promote "the values of tolerance, respect, and appreciation of all differences". Describing the mission of the group, she says, "racism is a grown-up disease and we must stop using our children to spread it."

     In 1933 Bridges Hall began to look after her orphaned nieces. They began to attend William Frantz Elementary and Ruby volunteered there. Many books were written about this. This caused Bridges to connect with her old teacher. Now they make appearances together for the Ruby Bridges Foundation. 

 

- On January 8, 2001, Bridges Hall was awarded the Presidential Citizens Medal by President Bill Clinton.

- In October 2006, the Alameda Unified School District in California dedicated a new elementary school to Ruby Bridges, and issued a proclamation in her honor.

- On July 15, 2011, Bridges met with President Barack Obama at the White House, and while viewing the Norman Rockwell painting of her on display he told her, "I think it's fair to say that if it hadn't been for you guys, I might not be here and we wouldn't be looking at this together."

- On May 19, 2012, Bridges Hall received an Honorary Degree from Tulane University at the annual graduation ceremony at the Superdome.

- In 2014, a statue of Bridges was unveiled in the courtyard of William Frantz Elementary School