Profile via TMDB · Courtesy of TMDB
Jane Elliott
Sign in to saveAmerican schoolteacher known for her "Blue eyes/Brown eyes" exercise
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 53
Top works
- Little Prisoner
- Mini Children's Encyclopedia
- The Usborne children's encyclopedia
- The waterhole (Sunshine books)
- Knights in armor (Sunshine books)
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
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 the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. The classroom exercise was filmed in 1970, becoming the documentary The Eye of the Storm. PBS series Frontline featured a reunion of the 1970 class, as…
Known for
- Jane Elliott Against the World — Self2026
- Der Rassist in uns — Self (archive footage)2014
- The Event: How Racist Are You? — Self2009
- Indecently Exposed! — Herself2004
- Eye Opener — Herself2004
- The Stolen Eye — Self2002
- The Angry Eye — Self2001
- Blue Eyed — Self1996
- A Class Divided — Herself1985
- The Eye of the Storm — Self1970
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1969-08-06
- Active to
- 2003-10-21
acoustic rockamericanfolk rockindieindie folkindie pop
Discography
- Shytown / No Confidence Man1994
- Roman Candle1994
- Needle in the Hay1995
- Elliott Smith1995
- Speed Trials1996
- Division Day / No Name #61997
- Either/Or1997
- Ballad of Big Nothing1998
- XO1998
- Waltz #2 (XO)1998
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 7
- Total plays
- 10
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Jane+Elliott">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jane
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Riceville
- Occupation
- screenwriter
- Educated at
- University of Northern Iowa
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- BBC 100 Women
- Field of work
- anti-racism
- Official website
- janeelliott.com
- Image
- PBS publicity photo of Jane Elliott (1985) (cropped2).jpg
Show 6 more facts
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- BBC 100 Women Edit-a-thon
- date of birth
- 1933-05-27
- birth name
- Jane Jennison
- married name
- Jane Elliott
- start of work period
- 1968-00-00
- Commons category
- Jane Elliott (human rights activist)
via Wikidata · CC0