The image was powerful — a Black child and white child together on a beach at a time when many public beaches were segregated. Welcome Home, Franklin re-creates that meeting on the beach and ...

the first Black character in the Peanuts comic strip, more than 50 years after he made his debut. The Apple TV+ special “Snoopy Presents: Welcome Home, Franklin” explores the character’s ...

Comic strip artist Robb Armstrong was 6 when Franklin, the first Black “Peanuts” character ... “Snoopy Presents: Welcome Home, Franklin.” Armstrong, who went on to form a friendship ...