This article was originally published in the Jan. 17, 2007 issue of Flagpole, around the time UGA held a conference reassessing the Carter presidency. Jimmy Carter belongs to the world, but most Georgians have their own memories of him,
Former President Jimmy Carter died at the age of 100 on Dec. 29, about a year after his wife and former first lady Rosalynn Carter died on Nov. 19, 2023 at 96 years old. Ahead of his official state funeral at 10 a.
The little-known former Georgia governor tied for 12th in early polling, but he had the right plan to win the 1976 presidential primary.
Joe Biden and Jimmy Carter's decades-long friendship will be on display one last time as Biden eulogizes Carter during his state funeral on Thursday.
At first, Jimmy Carter was a political wizard. But he couldn’t keep the magic act going.
The president, president-elect and longstanding lawmakers were among those to offer condolences after hearing of Carter’s death.
The late President’s priorities were remarkably prescient, and his personal qualities offered a dismaying contrast to so much of the present state of American politics.
Living to 100 let Jimmy Carter fulfill his wish to vote for Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris against Republican Donald Trump.
Former President Jimmy Carter is lying in state in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on the eve of his state funeral at Washington National Cathedral. The public can pass by the 39th president's casket through 7 a.
It’s the world’s most exclusive fraternity and, on Thursday, all five members of the so-called presidents club will gather to honor one of their own.
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has died at his home in Plains, Georgia. His death comes more than a year after the former president entered hospice care.
It was a once-in-a-lifetime chance to pay their respects to a president. They were not going to miss it, even if meant waking up in the middle of the night.