jennifer jackson, she was the first african-american playmate in 1965, she said that she didn't get the promotional contract because hefner worried he wouldn't be able to provide her enough security. >> oh, okay. normally these folks, centerfolds, would go out to events -- >> right. around the country. and playboy had already had some trouble with clubs in the south. >> uh-huh. >> and southern standards of segregation. and playboy didn't want its clubs to be segregated, so it ran into some trouble there. and according to jennifer jackson, that's why hefner couldn't give her the contract, because he thought if she was traveling around the country, particularly if he wanted to send her into the south, maybe she wouldn't be safe. >> right. and you excerpt some of the letters that were published after jennifer jackson appeared, and it was quite a mix as was a lot of the controversial stuff playboy did, and they published a real range of letters. how integrated were the centerfolds after her? i mean, so, you know, using her as a centerfold clearly made a statement that the magazine cared abo

jennifer jackson, the first african-american playmate in 1965 because hefner couldn't provide enoughecurity. >> okay. the center folds would go to events and stuff. >> right, around the country, and playboy already had trouble with clubs in the south, and southern stands of segregation, and they didn't want that to be segregated, and according to jackson, that's why hefner couldn't give her the country. if he wanted to her to go to the south, she wouldn't be safe. >> right, you excerpted the letters published after jackson appeared, and it was a mix like a lot of controversial stuff playboy did, and they pushed a real range of letters. how integrated were the center folds after her? you think that made a statement clearly that the magazine cared about integration and believed in it. did they then continue with integrated center folds or -- >> a little bit. there's only a handful of non-white play mates after jennifer jackson for the next ten years. >> uh-huh. >> i want to say it's four or five or six, so not much. the standard still remained a white playmate, and increasingly blond p

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