Cccccccccccccccccc Larry News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

And when dr. king was killed, i mean, the outpouring of support and affection coming from hef was significant in my mind at that time. >> we published the last piece ever written by martin luther king and we published it shortly after his death. his widow actually edited it. we should be sitting there in the hef pad listening to martin luther king's dream. yes, well, people don't recognize or realize the extent to which it was part of my dream, too. >> larry: how did you first become involved in this, we call it anti-segregation movement? >> well, i don't know -- >> larry: college, right? >> i...

>> larry: some say, yes, hef, you supported blacks but you set back the women's movement. >> well, it takes a very curious attitude toward playboy to come up with that conclusion. in other words, the notion that our sexuality, the fact that we're attracted to the opposite sex, that there are two sexes on the planet, is a blessing. and it's something that we ought to celebrate. the fact that there are hangups related to it is reflective of the fact that we are and still remain, essentially, a pure tan people. >> you don't think playboy made women objects rather than equals? >> i think that wome...

Kind of level whether it's race, religion, national. we live on one very small planet and we need to find ways to live together. >> larry: was it tough to speak out? >> no. >> larry: no? >> never difficult. no. privileged to be in a position to be able to speak out and make some difference. i think that of all the many things that i'm grateful for in my life is the fact that i've been able to make a difference in the process, have a lot of fun doing it. >> and you used the magazine as a tool, did you not? >> absolutely. >> larry: the playboy forum? >> yeah. the magazine started in 1953 and it ...

Live through another storm, anderson? >> it looks like it. >> larry: 10:00 eastern and 7:00 pacific. anderson cooper, if there are problems, he's there. what do you make of this whole shirley sherrod thing? >> a quick rush so judgment. sad. >> larry: taking a tape out of context? >> obviously, fed to us out of context. but you know, too quickly to rush to judgment, i think. >> larry: do you, over all these years, do you look at yourself, a successful man, do you look at as an underdog? >> no, i don't, really, no. i certainly am in areas of controversy, sometimes in the minority. but one follow...

And prior to playboy, there were a lot of connections with sexuality in magazineless but they were connected to sin and sensationalism. playboy tried to give it some style and i think you need to talk to the women who posed for playboy and see how they feel about it. most of them continue to be friends, and that's more than half a century. and i get wonderful cards after the christmas and birthdays. >> they still want to pose, right? >> they still want to pose. >> larry: how do you feel, personally, after all you've seen and opposed and supported about seeing a black president? >> well i'm gla...