Charles M. Schulz has been hailed for his Peanuts comic strip series, featuring some of the most beloved and complex child ...

Franklin became a fixture in the “Peanuts” strip and cartoons from ... having Franklin shown in the same school with the other characters, while others suggested that Schulz was racist because ...

The character returned hugely in his animated special that aired in 2023, Snoopy Presents: Welcome Home, Franklin. In the latest reader-submitted question, CSBG reveals who was the only Peanuts ...

In 1968, amid the civil rights movement in the United States, Schulz introduced Franklin, the first African American character in “Peanuts.” While some consider his inclusion symbolic ...

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