Jimmy Carter, who died Dec. 29 at the age of 100, spent his life intertwined with America’s and the world’s enduring legacy of slavery.

As a legislator, governor, president and ex-president, he confronted the prejudices that were so much a part of where and when he grew up. His life and deeds hold many lessons for today’s public officials.

Jimmy Carter spent his life intertwined with America’s and the world’s enduring legacy of slavery. His approach revealed a dualism in Carter that pitted his personal ambitions and political pragmatism

FILE - Dr. Martin Luther King Sr., Rosalynn Carter, President Jimmy Carter, Coretta Scott King, Christine Parris King, sister of the late Dr. King, and U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young sing during a ...

Before his public career, Carter and his wife Rosalynn, who died in November ... posts and formed a friendship with King's parents and his widow, Coretta Scott King. Reaching for the White House ...

The first Martin Luther King Jr. Day was January 20, 1986. Coretta Scott King, the wife of Dr. King, had a great idea in the year prior to the first observance of the federal holiday.

The first Martin Luther King Jr. Day was Jan. 20, 1986. As we celebrate it Monday, it’s worth reviving a great idea that Coretta Scott King, Dr. King’s widow, endorsed the year prior to the first observance of the new federal holiday.

Community members in Tyler honored Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King with performances, awards and a focus on health, unity and justice.

MLK Jr.'s son, Martin Luther King III, and his wife, Arndrea Waters King, co-authored the book "What is My Legacy?" with activists and contributors, including Julia Roberts.

Meagan Good compared her relationship with Jonathan Majors to that of Martin Luther King Jr.'s romance with Coretta Scott King as she appeared on ‘The Breakfast Club’ on Jan. 17. The actor has previously compared himself and Good to MLK Jr.

The first Martin Luther King Jr. Day was January 20, 1986. Coretta Scott King, the wife of Dr. King, had a great idea in the year prior to the first

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