Jennifer Jackson (born February 6, 1945) is an American model who was chosen as ''
Playboy
''Playboy'' is an American men's lifestyle and entertainment magazine, formerly in print and currently online. It was founded in Chicago in 1953, by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother.
K ...
'' magazine's
Playmate of the Month for the March 1965 issue.
She was the first black Playmate of the Month and was photographed by
Pompeo Posar
Pompeo Posar (; February 21, 1921 – April 5, 2004) was a ''Playboy'' magazine staff photographer who photographed many centerfold features and accompanying pictures of women featured as playmate of the month. Notably, he was responsible for th ...
.
Jackson also worked as a
Playboy Bunny
A Playboy Bunny is a waitress who works at a Playboy Club and selected through standardized training. Their costumes were made up of lingerie, inspired by the tuxedo-wearing Playboy rabbit mascot. This costume consisted of a strapless corset te ...
in a
Playboy Club
The Playboy Club was initially a chain of nightclubs and resorts owned and operated by Playboy Enterprises. The first Playboy Club opened in Chicago in 1960. Each club generally featured a Living Room, a Playmate Bar, a Dining Room, and a Club R ...
.
Personal life
Jennifer Jackson Greene is from the south side of Chicago and graduated from
Emil G. Hirsch High School in 1963. She is the daughter of Clynell Jackson Sr. and Marjorie McGuire Jackson. She is an identical twin. She has eight siblings.
Jackson attended
Loop College, now known as Harold Washington College. She worked as a photographic, runway and advertising model, including as a model for
Ebony Fashion Fair
Ebony Fashion Fair (also known as the Ebony Traveling Fashion Fair) was an annual fashion event created by Eunice Johnson, co–founder of the Chicago, Illinois–based Johnson Publishing Company. The show ran across the United States and other co ...
. Other than that, Jackson has been an active part of the movement for children's rights,
"Humanitarian Pioneer Pinup". working as an investigator for Child Protective Services, and according to ''The Playmate Book'', she is now a social work
Social work is an academic discipline and practice-based profession concerned with meeting the basic needs of individuals, families, groups, communities, and society as a whole to enhance their individual and collective well-being. Social work ...
er who lives in the Pacific Northwest
The Pacific Northwest (sometimes Cascadia, or simply abbreviated as PNW) is a geographic region in western North America bounded by its coastal waters of the Pacific Ocean to the west and, loosely, by the Rocky Mountains to the east. Though ...
with her husband. She has three children and three grandchildren.
Jackson's twin sister, Janis Jackson Holmes, was also a Playboy Bunny.
She appeared alongside Howard Stern in his "Cleveland Funeral" for competing radio stations after he became number one in the market.
See also
* List of people in Playboy 1960–1969
This list of people in ''Playboy'' 1960–1969 is a catalog of women and men who appeared in ''Playboy'' magazine in the years 1960 through 1969. Not all of the people featured in the magazine are pictured in the nude.
While every month incl ...
References
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African-American Playboy Playmates
African-American female models
1960s Playboy Playmates
People from Chicago
1945 births
Living people
Female models from Illinois
21st-century African-American people
21st-century African-American women
20th-century African-American people
20th-century African-American women
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