Franklin

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Franklin is a thoughtful and good-natured friend of Charlie Brown in the Peanuts comic strip, notable as one of the first Black characters in mainstream American comics.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Peanuts character
comic strip character
fictional character
appearsIn Peanuts comic strip
surface form: Peanuts

Peanuts animated films
Peanuts animated films
surface form: Peanuts television specials
artStyle cartoon
creator Charles M. Schulz
culturalSignificance milestone in representation of Black characters in American comics
depictedAs enjoying school
enjoying sports
ethnicity Black
familyBackground his father is a soldier who served in the Vietnam War
lives with his father
firstAppearanceDate 1968-07-31
firstAppearanceWork Peanuts comic strip
surface form: Peanuts daily comic strip
franchise Peanuts universe
surface form: Peanuts
fullName Franklin Armstrong
gender male
goesToSchoolWith Marcie
Peppermint Patty
hairColor black
hasFriend Charlie Brown
Linus van Pelt
Marcie
Peppermint Patty
hasFriendGroup Charlie Brown’s friends
hasLastName Armstrong
hasPersonalityTrait good-natured
kind
level-headed
thoughtful
homeLocation a neighborhood near Charlie Brown’s
introducedInContextOf civil rights era in the United States
medium newspaper comic strip
meetingContext meets Charlie Brown at the beach after returning a lost beach ball
meetsCharacter Charlie Brown
nationality American
notableFor being one of the first Black characters in mainstream American newspaper comics
portraying a positive, well-adjusted Black child in a major comic strip
portrayedAs polite
studious
skinColor brown
speaksLanguage English
universe Peanuts universe

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Peanuts comic strip hasCharacter Franklin
subject surface form: Peanuts
Charlie Brown friend Franklin
Peppermint Patty friend Franklin