Huey Newton founded the Black Panther Party for Self-defense in 1966 with Bobby Seale while the two were studying at Merritt College in Oakland, California. Newton started studying at the college in 1958, but was arrested and served an eight-month…
Gracing the cover of the September 1970 issue, Playboy displays a modestly dressed girl dressed in hippie regealia and showing the peace sign, which beyond, forms into the shadow of the iconic bunny.
Eldridge Cleaver was the Minister of Information, or spokesperson, for the Black Panther Party. Bobby Seale and Huey Newton formed the Party in 1966 in Oakland, California. Cleaver joined the group in December of that year, after he was released…
Bruce Cochran is a well-known outdoorsman cartoonist who has had work published in USA Today, On Wisconsin Outdoors, and many other periodicals, including Playboy. In this piece, a clearly educated African-American male is shining the shoes of an…
This 1964 interview published in 1965 was the longest that Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. ever granted to that point, and possibly ever. King was a member of the executive committee for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People…
This female character first appeared as a humorous cartoon in Playboy around 1968. After her premiere, cartoons of her attempting to trick young men into sexual encounters were consistently in Playboy for years. Over time, she became incorporated…
In a subtle turn of events, Playboy went from being clearly anti-Vietnam, and published within the September 1973 issue an ad for military recruitment.