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Frontline S3E9 — A Class Divided
8.5
Frontline•Season 3•Episode 9

A Class Divided

8.5/10 · 204 votesMar 26, 198553 min

Ranked #1 of 3 in Season 3•+0.1 vs season avg

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One day in 1968, 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