Jennifer Jackson (model)

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Jennifer Jackson
Playboy centerfold appearance
March 1965
Preceded by Jessica St. George
Succeeded by Sue Williams
Personal details
Born (1945-02-06) February 6, 1945 (age 79) [1]
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) [1]

Jennifer Jackson (born February 6, 1945) is an American model who was chosen as Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the March 1965 issue. [1] She was the first black Playmate of the Month and was photographed by Pompeo Posar. [1] Jackson also worked as a Playboy Bunny in a Playboy Club. [2]

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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, 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, [3] working as an investigator for Child Protective Services, and according to The Playmate Book, she is now a social worker who lives in the Pacific Northwest 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.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Playmate data" . Retrieved August 16, 2010.
  2. ↑ Williams, Brennan (November 25, 2011). "Jennifer Jackson, First Black Playmate, On Life After Baring It All & 'The Playboy Club'". The Huffington Post. Retrieved September 25, 2013. Interview with Jennifer Jackson about being a Playmate and Bunny
  3. ↑ "Humanitarian Pioneer Pinup".


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