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Jane Elliott (née Jennison; [2] [3] born November 30, 1933) is an American diversity educator. As a schoolteacher, she became known for her "Blue eyes/Brown eyes" exercise, which she first conducted with her third-grade class [a] on April 5, 1968, the day after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
Apr 5, 2024 · 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...
The day after the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in 1968, the schoolteacher Jane Elliott scrapped her lesson plan — teaching her third graders the Sioux prayer about not...
Jul 19, 2020 · T he day after Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated in 1968, the schoolteacher Jane Elliott scrapped her lesson plan – teaching her third graders the Sioux prayer about not judging another...
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Sep 21, 2020 · The lives and legacies of Dr. Jane Elliott and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. are inextricably linked. On April 4 1968, King was killed by the single bullet of a lone assassin as he stood outside Room 306 on the second-floor balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee.
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Jane Elliott: Pioneer in Anti-Racism Education. Early Life and Career. Jane Elliott was born in Riceville, Iowa, in 1933. In the 1960s, she began her career as a third-grade teacher in a predominantly white school.
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Jul 12, 2021 · Racial justice activist Jane Elliott, whose 1968 “Blue eyes–Brown eyes” exercise exposed students to the irrational and arbitrary basis of prejudice, delivered the keynote address at the 2019 Diversity Week.
