“Roosevelt Franklin was the direct answer to why Sesame Street should have, at that time, an African-American puppet,” Manzano said. According to Kamp, despite the character’s popularity and ...

Sesame Street has been educating — and entertaining — children for over 50 years now, but the makers of the show have had their own learning curve as well. The new documentary Street Gang: How ...

Writer Matt Robinson came up with Roosevelt Franklin, a funny little Muppet boy who was wildly popular and memorable (in fact, in a recent documentary about “Sesame Street,” the musician and ...

"The people on Sesame Street were very much behind Roosevelt Franklin," "Street Gang" director Marilyn Agrelo tells Yahoo Entertainment.

“Roosevelt Franklin was the direct answer to why Sesame Street should have, at that time, an African-American puppet,” Manzano said.

The director and producers of the new Sesame Street documentary reveals to Yahoo Entertainment the story of Roosevelt Franklin, the show's forgotten Muppet.  ...

In 1970, Robinson advocated to have “Sesame Street” introduce Roosevelt Franklin, a purple-colored Muppet whom he created to represent a black child.

‘Street Gang’: How ‘Sesame Street’ team created a kids’ show not like the others Why do kids talk to a huge bird? Where’s Roosevelt Franklin? Documentary on the classic series includes ...

Matt Robinson as Gordon and Loretta Long as Susan speak with ‘Sesame Street’ muppets Ernie, Burt, an Anything Muppet and Roosevelt Franklin on Oct. 15, 1970.