Playboy 1st “BLACK WOMAN COVER” issue october 1971… Pay Homage!!!

Darine Stern (c. 1948-1994), an American fashion model from Chicago, was the first black woman to be on the cover of Playboy. That was in October 1971. She was not, however, the first black woman inside Playboy - that was Jennifer Jackson in 1965. Stern died of breast cancer at age 46.  R.I.P!!!