Image: Walter Ray Watson/NPR How Franklin, The Black 'Peanuts' Character, Was Born Martin Luther King Jr. had been dead 11 days.

An Apple TV+ animated special shows how Franklin, the first Black Peanuts character, meets Charlie Brown and friends in Snoopy Presents:Welcome Home, Franklin. Image: Apple TV+ ...

Schulz also introduced Franklin, a black Peanuts character, into the predominately white cast July 31, 1968, just months after Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee.

Cartoonist Charles Schulz debuted his comic strip Peanuts ' first black character, Franklin, on July 31, 1968. Fifty years ago, Charlie Brown lost his beach ball.

Peanuts Was The First Major Comic Strip To Feature A Minority Character After the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968, Schulz received a letter from a woman asking him to add an ...

Meet the newest student at Piner High School in Santa Rosa. It's Franklin--the first Black 'Peanuts' character--standing tall in the middle of campus, just in time for MLK Day.

A statue of beloved "Peanuts" character Franklin has found a new home in Santa Rosa. Here's how he got introduced in 1968 By Lyanne Melendez Thursday, January 19, 2023 ...

Harriet Glickman, who in 1968 persuaded Charles M. Schulz, the creator of “Peanuts,” to add an African American character to his roster of Charlie Brown, Snoopy and the rest of the gang, died ...