"In 1968, Jane was a third grade teacher in Iowa and the woman behind the 'Blue Eyes, Brown Eyes' experiment. Our 80-minute interview took place at her home in California, during the interview, she became emotional three times: for her husband, her father, and Martin Luther King Jr. You may not agree with everything she believes in but you can absolutely agree with much of what she says."
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Via Frontline: A Class Divided:
"One of FRONTLINE's most requested programs -- third-grade teacher Jane Elliott's lesson in discrimination.
"The day after Martin Luther King, Jr. was killed, Jane Elliott, a teacher in a small, all-white Iowa town, divided her third-grade class into blue-eyed and brown-eyed groups and gave them a daring lesson in discrimination. This is the story of that lesson, its lasting impact on the children, and its enduring power 30 years later."
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