Jane Elliott

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".

Filmography

Release date: 10/29/2009

The Event: How Racist Are You?

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The Stolen Eye

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Release date: 9/8/1996

Blue Eyed

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Release date: 12/22/1970

The Eye of the Storm

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Release date: 3/25/1985

A Class Divided

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