EXPERIMENT

Elliott divided her class by eye color — those with blue eyes and those with brown. On the first day, the blue-eyed children were told they were smarter, nicer, neater, and better than those with brown eyes.READ MORE & WATCH DOCUMENTARY: A CLASS DIVIDED   (SOURCE: topdocumentaryfilms.com)

CLASS

Prejudice & Racism by Michelle Otoo

Prejudice & Racism by Michelle Otoo

 

RELATED POST 1: HUMAN RIGHTS MOVEMENT

OLDER RELATED POST 2: TRIBUTE TO MARTIN LUTHER KING

PHOTO DISCUSSION (SOURCE: TEACHING TOLERANCE.ORG)

Photographs can sometimes capture important moments in American history.The photo below shows one member of the Little Rock Nine, a group of African American students attempting to enter a school that had previously been racially segregated. This followed the momentous 1954 Supreme Court ruling that ordered the end of segregated public schools. In the picture, Elizabeth Eckford, the black student, is carrying her books and trying to go into the school as Hazel Bryan Massery shouts at her from behind.