Cartoons have long played a pivotal role in shaping childhoods, and many people continue to enjoy them well into adulthood.

But “Soul” is only the fourth American animated feature to make Black characters the leads ... racist design tropes that were used to mock African-Americans.” He recalled that when he ...

most of the animated film characters who preceded him, Mickey had a black body and head, large white eyeballs, and a white area around the mouth -- all characteristic of African Americans as ...

Schulz’ “Peanuts” made history when he introduced Franklin, the first African-American character ever featured in a comic strip. In the animated “The Peanuts Movie,” due in theaters on ...

ETIENNE KELLICI: (As Charlie Brown) Of course I do, Franklin. MARTIN: Franklin was the first African American character in the "Peanuts" comic strip. He debuted in print in 1969. A MARTÍNEZ ...

Now the makers behind contemporary animated classics like Toy Story ... viewers their first look at Pixar’s first African-American lead character, Joe Gardner, voiced by Jamie Foxx.

It also presents the first African-American princess ... back hand-drawn animation," he says. "The Princess and the Frog" is also getting attention for elevating a black character to the "princess ...