He's not as famous as Charlie Brown, Lucy or Snoopy, but he is the first black character in the Peanuts gang.

他不像查理布朗、露西，或是史努比一樣有名，但他是花生幫裡出現的第一名黑人角色。

And his origin story begins during a polarizing time.

而他的起源故事始於一段兩極化的時期。

Peanuts was created during the civil rights movement of the '50s and '60s.

《花生漫畫》誕生於 50、60 年代的非裔美國人民權運動期間。

During that time, the Brown v. Board of Education decision desegregated schools, activists sat-in and protested for equal rights and, in 1968, Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated.

這段期間，布朗訴教育局的案子決議廢除學校中的種族隔離政策，激進分子靜坐示威，爭取平權。1968 年，馬丁．路德．金恩被暗殺了。

Days after King's death, Harriet Glickman, a frustrated retired school teacher, wrote to Schulz asking him to incorporate a black character into his comics.

金恩死後幾天，一位感到灰心的退休教師 Harriet Glickman 寫信給 Schulz，要求他在漫畫中加入一名黑人角色。

"My little letter was nothing compared to the little girl who was stood in the doorway to integrate a school with crowds of people spitting at her and throwing things at her."

「與入校門時被大家吐口水、丟東西的小女孩相比，我的信根本不算什麼」。

In a letter Glickman suggested, the introduction of Negro children into the group of Schulz characters could happen with a minimum impact.

Glickman 在信中建議，把黑人小孩引進 Schulz 的角色群可以產生一點影響。

Schulz wrote back saying he liked the idea but didn't know how to go about it as a white cartoonist.

Schulz 回應認為這點子很不錯，可是他不知道該如何以白人漫畫家的角度來詮釋。

He didn't want to appear patronizing.

他不想表現出自視甚高的樣子。

In 1999, Schulz described his struggles with creating the character.

1999 年，Schulz 形容他創作該角色時的內心掙扎。

"I wasn't sure I can do it frankly."

「老實說我不確定自己能辦到」。

"I don't know what it's like to grow up as a black kid."

「我不知道黑人小孩的長大歷程」。

"I only know what it's like to grow up as a barber's son in Saint Paul."

「我只知道自己的成長故事」。

According to Glickman, she asked a few of her African American friends to write back to Schulz to give him a few suggestions.

據 Glickman 所說，她叫她的非裔美國人朋友寫信給 Schulz 提供建議。

"But I got two letters from fathers who said, we understand your problem, but try it anyway, just go ahead and try it."

「我收到兩封來自人父的信，他們表示理解我的處境，但也叫我勇於嘗試，放手一搏」。

He did try it.

他真的嘗試了！

Franklin was created July 31, 1968.

富蘭克林誕生於 1968 年 7 月 31 日。

This is Franklin's first comic strip appearance, when he first meets Charlie Brown.

這是富蘭克林在連環漫畫的首次亮相，當時他第一次遇見查理布朗。

After publications, Schulz said an editor from the South protested because he drew Franklin sitting next to Peppermint Patty in class.

出版後，Schulz 表示有位南部的編輯抗議 Schulz 把富蘭克林的座位畫在派伯敏特．佩蒂的旁邊。

Others wanted Schulz to get rid of the character completely, but Schulz said, "Either you print it just the way I draw it or I quit."

其他人則希望 Schulz 刪掉這個角色，但 Schulz 表示「如果不按照我的想法出版，我就不幹了」。

Peanuts comic strip ran until 2000 when Schulz died.

《花生漫畫》連載至 2000 年 Schulz 過世之際。

"He did it."

「是他做的！」

In that time, Peanuts was published in more than 2,600 newspapers in 75 countries and translated to 21 languages.

那段時間，《花生漫畫》在全球 75 個國家出版，在超過 2600 家報紙上連載，被翻譯成 21 種語言。

It has reached more than 300 million people around the world.

觸及超過全球三億人口。

"No dogs."

「狗禁止進入」。

"This has gone long enough, drop the curtain."

「夠久了，降幕」。