Some time ago, I was watching the Comedy Central Roast of Hugh Hefner on TV. When noted Civil Rights figure, comedian and raw foodist Dick Gregory's turn came to roast Hef, he said he couldn't say a word against him because of all the good things the Playboy founder had done in the 60s for him when he was a struggling black comic in the era of segregation. As it turns out, Hef's commitment to helping black entertainers also extended to the softer sex. Two of my favorites in this category are 1969 Playmate Jeannie Bell, who showed her cocoa chest bombs in 1974 drive-in raceploitation classic The Klansman and 1975 Playmate Azizi Johari who, along with being the owner of one of the first pair of African-American Alps to appear on the magazine's cover, also saw fit to uncover her chocolate milk sacks in 1981 boxing flick Body and Soul and the John Cassavetes classic The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976). Hef, we've just found two (or is it four?) more reasons to be grateful to you!