Carter was the first US president to be born in a hospital. Champion of human rights, especially regarding the governments of South Korea, Iran, Argentina, South Africa and Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe).

We continue to reflect on Jimmy Carter’s foreign policy with history professor Brad Simpson. Despite presiding over an administration that stood out for its successful championing of human rights ...

Newly married and sworn as a Naval officer, Jimmy Carter left his tiny hometown in 1946 hoping to climb the ranks and see the world. Less than a decade later, the death of his father and namesake, a ...

Dan Horn, principal of St. Genevieve Parish Schools in the San Fernando Valley who became a friend of the late President Jimmy Carter, likes to talk about Carter as a humble, peace-loving Christian ...

Sam Maloof formed a friendship with Jimmy Carter that seemed to join as perfectly as one of the woodworker’s handmade rocking chairs. The local woodworker and the former president, eight years his ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Marquette University political science professor Julia Azari talked about how Jimmy Carter's arrival to the presidency served as a 'reset' after the ...

"For 75 years of marriage we've always gone deeper in our love for one another." Like many couples, Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter have spent a lot more time together during the pandemic. That time has ...

1982 - Founds the Carter Center in Atlanta, in partnership with Emory University. Carter Center initiatives include monitoring international elections, fighting diseases in developing countries and ...