The Legend of Jayne Kennedy: Nuff Said
"Ground-breaking, ahead of her time, consummate professional, the first African American woman to grace the cover of Playboy, the first woman to join the staff of CBS Sports’ “NFL Today,” the first Black Miss Ohio.
She was also only one of only a handful of black actresses to consistently get work in the 70s. The list of accomplishments and accolades for the legendary Jayne Kennedy is as long as your arm, but the list falls short of measuring her true impact on society as it is today.
Seriously, how many firsts can a woman have? Though certain aspects of her career had been cut short by endometriosis, a debilitating and painful disease, Kennedy’s recent absence from the limelight has been mostly due to her being a full time parent to daughters Savannah, Kopper and Zaire. Savannah is working behind the scenes at FOX, Kopper is a senior at Pepperdine and a Magic Johnson Foundation Taylor Michaels Scholar. Her kids have certainly taken to picking up the torch! Now that Zaire is 2 years away from graduating high school Kennedy tells EURweb.com’s Lee Bailey that she’s planning on doing on a thing or two as soon as the nest empties out completely."
