But a new TV special coming out this month about the first Black “Peanuts ... White friends sat together on the other sides of the table in sturdier chairs. Robin Reed, who voiced Franklin ...

MARTIN: Franklin was the first African American character in the "Peanuts ... lot of people saw it and, in recent years, didn't like the only Black characters separate from all the white characters.

It took “Peanuts” creator Charles M. Schulz 26 years to give Franklin, the Black kid ... with a scenario familiar to a lot of people who aren’t white. “I was the only Black kid in my ...

It depicts Franklin sitting alone on one side of a rectangular table, while the white “Peanuts” characters and Snoopy fill the chairs on the opposite side and the ends of the table.

the co-writer of the show and son of Peanuts creator Charles Schulz, in an interview with Morning Edition. Charles Schulz first drew Franklin in 1968 after receiving a letter from a white Los ...

Franklin” restages a classic dinner table scene that made people angry for five decades. Freelance Writer Everybody’s favorite Peanuts are back! The latest Snoopy Presents special on Apple TV+ ...

While people fell in love with the Peanuts comic strip and broadcast specials, A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving became criticized for the scene where Franklin was sitting alone on one side of the dinner ...

This time, when the Peanuts crew sits down for a similar group meal, there’s a seat at the table for Franklin ... King Jr. According to lore, a white school teacher in California named ...

Ever since the first Peanuts special ... of his father being in the army. Franklin heads out to make friends, but finds the quirkiness of Linus (Wyatt White), Lucy (Isabella Leo), Pigpen (Lucien ...

A new animated special puts a spotlight on Franklin Armstrong, the first Black character in the Peanuts comic strip ... means a lot of things to different people,” the special’s director ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The mild-mannered Franklin — the first Black character in the “Peanuts” comic strip ... “I don’t come out and call people anything. I let the characters participate ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The mild-mannered Franklin — the first Black character in the “Peanuts” comic strip ... “I don’t come out and call people anything. I let the characters participate ...