June 7 - August 31, 2025 Admission is free. On October 2, 1950, three kids appeared on the funny pages of seven newspapers. Over the next 50 years, Charlie Brown, Patty, and Shermy would be joined by a whole cast of characters and forever change the landscape of the Sunday comics. Charles M. Schulz—the cartoonist behind Snoopy, Charlie Brown, and the rest of the Peanuts gang—was a perceptive observer. He was always curious, and with his wit and wry sense of humor, he opened minds and hearts that others could not. Shortly after the assassination of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a Los Angeles school teacher, Harriet Glickman, believed that the popular comic strip Peanuts could positively influence attitudes on race. Due to their correspondence, Charles Schulz introduced Franklin to his cartoon in the summer of 1968. Franklin has remained an important member of the Peanuts gang ever since. […]

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