Jane Elliott
November 30, 1933 (91 years old) in
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".
Known For
Credits
- 2009 ·The Event: How Racist Are You?as Self
- 2004 ·Eye Openeras Herself
- 2001 ·The Angry Eyeas Self
- 1996 ·Blue Eyedas Herself
- 1985 ·A Class Dividedas Herself
- 1970 ·The Eye of the Stormas Self
- Future ·The Stolen Eyeas herself
- Future ·Indecently Exposed!as Herself