7. "Hef was SO much more than an old dude surrounded by young women" In response to In response to 0
That's how he is going to be remembered, and old dude in pajamas and smoking jacket with a bunch of girls around him. But, in actuality Hugh Hefner was a pioneer in publishing, a champion of civil rights and an ardent social activist.
In the 60's he provided the first platform for many of the greatest authors of the time. Alex Haley, Dick Gregory, Joseph Heller, Gabriel García Márquez, Margaret Atwood, Haruki Murakami, Norman Mailer, Gay Talese, Jack Kerouac, Ian Fleming and Kurt Vonnegut...all published in Playboy early in their careers.
When he discovered that some of his Playboy clubs and casinos were denying entry to Blacks, he personally bought back the franchise licenses. All of the proceeds from the early Playboy Jazz festivals went to the NAACP.
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