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The character of Franklin emerged from a correspondence between Charles Schulz and a California schoolteacher named Harriet Glickman. Glickman wrote to Schulz after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., suggesting that the introduction of a Black character into the comic strip could help change the “vast sea of misunderstanding, fear, hate and violence.” After much introspection and consideration, Schulz felt this was a step he could take authentically and introduced Franklin in the summer of 1968, making history in the process.
In regards to A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving scene, the special intentionally addresses the long-standing controversy about Franklin sitting alone on one side of the table in A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving. If they want to address this, maybe it is calling out the positive reception from fans… something along the lines of “Fans have been interested and moved that the special intentionally addresses the long-standing controversy about Franklin sitting alone on one side of the table in A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving.
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