In rural Iowa in the late 1960s, Elliott knew she was taking a big risk teaching an all-White classroom about race and racism – her husband even warned her not to, she said.

Jane Elliott took a bold approach to understanding discrimination in her Iowa classroom Iowa Public Radio | By Natalie Dunlap, Samantha McIntosh, Charity Nebbe Published April 7, 2025 at 9:22 AM CDT ...

April 4, 1968, changed everything for Jane Elliott. While much of the nation froze in shock at the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., Elliott took action in the only ...

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The ‘Blue Eyes/Brown Eyes’ exercise In rural Iowa in the late 1960s, Elliott knew she was taking a big risk teaching an all-White classroom about race and racism – her husband even warned her not to, ...

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.