The beginning of Glory van Scott's section...

...in "I WAS A NEGRO PLAYBOY 'BUNNY'" (fyi, it's 10 chapters, and only the 1st is by a Playboy Bunny), pp. 62-62:

I guess you could say I'm pretty lucky. I'm 23 years old and I've already performed in several Broadway and off-Broadway shows. I've sung and danced on such TV shows as Ed Sullivan's and the Colgate Variety Hour.

I've cut a single record for a major label, have a record album in the offing and am currently preparing to star at the World's Fair -- singing, dancing, in a show sponsored by an internationally known business.

Yes, I'm lucky.

For I am a Negro girl.

And I am not a Negro girl with the honey-colored skin of Lena Horne, or the pale bronze texture of Diahann Carroll.

Lena Horne once told me: "You have large eyes. Their color is like black velvet. Your mouth is large, yet both tender and sensuous.

"You have truly dark African features. You are the most beautiful girl I have ever seen."

Yes, I have very dark brown skin.

And I glory in its color.

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