At age 89 Jane Elliott has lost none of her feistiness, and she admits to having no patience with people who are willfully ignorant. While no longer a teacher, Elliott said she is a lifelong educator, ...

The assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968 prompted educator Jane Elliott to create the now-famous "blue eyes/brown eyes exercise." As a school teacher in the small town of Riceville, Iowa, ...

This Iowa teacher became famous for her blue eyes/brown eyes exercise that had children experience prejudice on a personal level. Jane Elliott was a 3rd grade teacher working in Riceville in 1968 when ...

Writings by Jane Elliott have also been banned in several states. Jane Elliott, an anti-racism activist best known for her April 5, 1968, blue eyes, brown eyes experiment demonstrating that prejudice ...

Jane Elliott will never forget her sister’s April 4, 1968, phone call telling her the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. had been assassinated. Elliott, like many people across the US, was shocked.

(CNN) — Jane Elliott will never forget her sister’s April 4, 1968, phone call telling her the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. had been assassinated. Elliott, like many people across the US, was ...

You can watch the program here on this web site and you can also purchase a videotape through ShopPBS for Teachers. Have other films been made about Jane Elliott's blue-eyed/brown-eyed lesson in ...

She may be an overzealous crusader. She may be on a power trip. Then again, maybe Jane Elliott has pioneered a truly honest and viable way to talk about racial prejudice—a way in which white people ...