Thursday, September 28, 2017

RIP Hugh Hefner


Playboy Magazine founder and civil rights activist Hugh Hefner dead at 91...

According to reports Hugh Hefner died at the Playboy Mansion in L.A. on Wednesday.

Hefner was a staunch civil rights activist and one of the first to produce television talk shows featuring Black guests and performers in an integrated setting.

Networks in the South refused to air his programs.



Fun Fact: Proceeds from the inaugural Playboy Jazz Festival at the Hollywood Bowl in 1979 were donated to the Chicago chapter of the NAACP.