Charles M. Schulz was first implored to introduce a Black character to the Peanuts gang after receiving a letter from a teacher, Harriet Glickman, following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

It’s been 25 years since a fresh comic strip, but the jokes and the warmth and the characters are still with us.

Charles M Schulz, the creator of Charlie Brown and the rest of the "Peanuts" gang, launched the comic strip on Oct. 2, 1950 It quickly became one of the most successful comic strips in history, and ...