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
A Playmate is a female model featured in the centerfold/gatefold of ''Playboy'' magazine as Playmate of the Month (PMOTM). The PMOTM's pictorial includes nude photographs and a centerfold poster, along with a pictorial biography and the "Playm ...
for the March 1965 issue.
She was the first black Playmate of the Month and was photographed by
Pompeo Posar.
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 ...
in a
Playboy Club
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.
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
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, now known as Harold Washington College. She worked as a photographic, runway and advertising model, including as a model for
Ebony Fashion Fair. 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
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er who lives in the Pacific Northwest
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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
References
External links
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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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