From Plains to Atlanta, mourners in Georgia will pay their respects to Jimmy Carter. The service begins six days of funeral ...

In a single term as governor of Georgia, Jimmy Carter propelled the state into a new era. The acronyms for state offices that still populate news stories about Georgia government – DOT ...

Like many, my first remembered awareness of Jimmy Carter was when, as Governor of Georgia, he announced his bid for the Presidency.

Remembering a president: Celebrate Jimmy Carter's remarkable life and contributions with our new book Here's what mourners said about the former Georgia governor and 39th president of the United ...

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Carter’s big break came in Florida on March 9, 1976, when he soundly defeated segregationist Alabama Gov. George Wallace in a ...

Former President Jimmy Carter, best known as a champion of international human rights both during and after his tenure as the ...

Cartoonists for the Chicago Tribune and Time magazine depicted Carter as Planters snack company’s dapper advertising character, Mr. Peanut. Others depicted Carter himself as a smiling peanut, along ...

In his announcement speech for his presidential run, in 1974, Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter said there were things he would not do to become President: "I would not tell a lie. I would not mislead ...

ATLANTA — In 1971, Jimmy Carter was sworn in as Georgia's 76th governor. He spent his term emphasizing ecology, efficiency in government and the removal of racial barriers, according to the ...

Georgia’s Governor Brian Kemp also honored Carter in a statement: “Marty, the girls, and I join all Georgians and the entire nation in mourning the loss of former President Jimmy Carter.

Jimmy Carter paddled on the Chattooga River with ... all those things happened because Carter was governor in Georgia, so his imprint on the environment was huge, both federally and in this ...