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.

Professor Jane Elliott has been addressing the issue of race and racism for decades. For many Caucasians especially, her class and lectures are difficult to hear, but they have thrust her onto an ...

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 ...

At first glance Jane Elliott is all grandma: There’s the crown of fuzzy white hair, the wire-framed spectacles, the deliberate but steady gait, and the wisdom lines that punctuate her alabaster face.

SAN BERNARDINO >> Third grade teacher Jane Elliott was badly shaken by the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., on April 4, 1968. “I thought he could change things,” Elliott ...

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, ...

On the morning of April 5, 1968, Jane Elliott was teaching third grade in the small Iowa town of Riceville. It was the day after civil rights champion Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. After ...

Jane Elliott is heartened by the array of people at the protests against police brutality and the killing of George Floyd and others by white officers. “It’s just absolutely beautiful to see all those ...

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, ...