Biography
American diversity educator. As a schoolteacher, Jane Elliott became known for her "Blue eyes/Brown eyes" exercise, which she first conducted with her third-grade class on April 5, 1968, the day after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. The classroom exercise was filmed in 1970, becoming the documentary The Eye of the Storm. PBS series Frontline featured a reunion of the 1970 class, as well as Elliott's work with adults, in its 1985 episode "A Class Divided".
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The racist within us (2014)
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Herself
Eye Opener (2004)
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GenderFemale
Birthday1933-05-27 (91 years old)
Birth NameJane Jennison
Birth PlaceRiceville, United States
CitizenshipsUnited States
AwardsBBC 100 Women
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