Jane Elliott (born May 27, 1933, Riceville, Iowa, U.S.) is a former third-grade schoolteacher known for her "Blue eyes-Brown eyes" exercise she first held for her classroom the day after Martin Luther King was shot. When her local newspaper published compositions that the children wrote about the experience, the reactions (both positive and negative) formed the basis for her career as a public speaker against discrimination. Elliott's classroom...
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Jane Elliott (born May 27, 1933, Riceville, Iowa, U.S.) is a former third-grade schoolteacher known for her "Blue eyes-Brown eyes" exercise she first held for her classroom the day after Martin Luther King was shot. When her local newspaper published compositions that the children wrote about the experience, the reactions (both positive and negative) formed the basis for her career as a public speaker against discrimination. Elliott's classroom...