Now, he’s an alternative education teacher in Green Bay who, until recently, had accomplished a personal goal of visiting ...

Jimmy Carter grew up in the segregated South during the Depression. Racial barriers were strictly enforced. Carter transcended his upbringing in part, he said, because of the spirituals and gospel ...

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 ...

Six days of funeral observances for former President Jimmy Carter began Saturday in Georgia, where he died on Dec. 29 at the age of 100. The first events reflected Carter's climb up the political ...

By Emily Cochrane Reporting from Atlanta The mythology of Jimmy Carter begins and ends in Plains, the small Georgia town that raised him and kept drawing him back. Yet roughly 150 miles away is ...

During the four years of Jimmy Carter’s presidency, his approval rating plummeted from 75 percent to 28 percent, according to the Gallup Poll, yet most Americans still considered him an honest ...

The emotional, week-long public goodbye to former President Jimmy Carter is underway. Carter's body was transferred from his hometown of Plains, Georgia, to Atlanta on Saturday. The former ...

The week-long state funeral services honoring former President Jimmy Carter, who died at 100 last week, began Saturday morning. The ceremonies will honor Carter’s journey from his hometown of ...

Carter Family Farm. Photo courtesy of Lane Cruz. The Carter Family Farm in Archery, Georgia, is the boyhood home of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter. Located in rural Sumter County, the farm ...

ATLANTA − Funeral services for former President Jimmy Carter began Saturday as the U.S. pays respect to the 39th president who passed away last Sunday at 100 years old. The nation will honor ...

ATLANTA — Georgia is honoring the life of Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States, with a state funeral today, Jan. 4. The solemn proceedings started in Americus with a family ...

Jimmy Carter, who died Dec. 29 at age 100, was well known as the 39th president, a former peanut farmer and the unofficial face of Habitat for Humanity. But who made up his family beyond Rosalynn ...