Happy Birthday, Franklin! 🎈🎉 On July 31, 1968—just months after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination—Charles Schulz introduced the world to Franklin, #Peanuts’ first black character. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The moment was especially defining for a 6-year-old Robb Armstrong, author of ‘Fearless: A Cartoonist's Guide to Life’ and creator of #JumpStart, one of the most widely syndicated black comic strips ever.