Support WBURHow Franklin, The Black 'Peanuts' Character, Was BornPlay02:21Download AudioAdrian FloridoNovember 06, 2015 ShareHarriet Glickman, who in 1968 convinced cartoonist Charles Schulz to create a black Peanuts character, sits with Marleik Walker, the boy voicing Franklin in The Peanuts Movie. (NPR)