Cecilia Lei and James Delahoussaye, NPR; 'Peanuts' First Black Character Franklin Turns 50
"It 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.
"1968 is a very vivid year for me," Armstrong told NPR's Renee Montagne in an interview for Weekend Edition.
Two months after King was killed, Bobby Kennedy was assassinated at the
Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. Armstrong's older brother also died
that year, just 30 days before Franklin's debut.
For
Armstrong, a young black boy who declared to his mother at the age of 3
that he was going to be a cartoonist, Franklin's inclusion was
extraordinary."
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Wednesday, August 1, 2018
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