Jennifer Jackson (born February 6, 1945) is an American model who was chosen as ''
Playboy
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'' 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.
Jackson also worked as a
Playboy Bunny
A Playboy Bunny is a cocktail 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 straples ...
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. 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 ...
. 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
The following women have appeared in the American or international edition of ''Playboy'' magazine as Playmate of the Month. Those who were also named Playmate of the Year are highlighted in green.
A common misconception is that Marilyn Monroe ...
References
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African-American Playboy Playmates
African-American female models
1960s Playboy Playmates
Models 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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