Al Goodwyn Editorial Cartoons by Al Goodwyn for November 26, 2022

Ties in nicely with today’s Doonesbury.

Nicely done, Al.

Fifty years ago, race relations in the United States were tense. After Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968, the long-simmering problem of segregation and racial discrimination reached a boiling point. This civil unrest lead to riots in the streets, and America seemed doomed to repeat the negative patterns of the past.

One school teacher from Los Angeles, California was so discouraged by what she saw in society, she decided to reach out to an unlikely hero for help: cartoonist Charles M. Schulz.

A Los Angeles schoolteacher named Harriet Glickman wrote to Schulz on April 15, 1968, urging him to introduce a black character into Peanuts. This began a correspondence between Schulz and Glickman that led to Schulz’s creation of Franklin.

When syndicators insisted Charles Schulz remove Peanuts’ Black character Franklin, Schulz said: “Either you print it just the way I draw it or I quit.”

Where is Sally Brown?

Happy Birthday “Sparky” Schultz!

Well done!

Charles Schulz was fair-minded, clear-headed, and compassionate. A spoonful of that would help your daily work.

Very nice strip, Mr. Goodwyn, thank you.

Nice. Made me smile; thank you.

A legendary man and his cute gang of kids! The Flying Ace still lives on in our hearts! ❤️❤️❤️

Great tribute!

Charlie Brown Christmas was my favorite. Great tribute Al.

Amazing the tributes one can make to someone who believed and acted the opposite, when they are deceased.

Wow is this ever hard to say . . . Nice job Al!

An awesome tribute to a great man.

Wonderful tribute; and the artwork is spot on ♥♥

I am an old time viewer of the original Peanuts toons and found the salute to Sparky as wonderful!