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).

Jimmy Carter was honored at his state funeral in Washington, DC on Thursday. We think of Carter as the man from Plains, Georgia, but he actually grew up in a mostly Black nearby town called Archery.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

"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 ...

Jimmy Carter's state funeral was held at the National Cathedral on Thursday before the 39th president's final journey back to Georgia for burial. President Biden gave a eulogy at the service, ...

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 ...

The final day of Jimmy Carter's state funeral begins Thursday in Washington D.C. with a ceremony at the U.S. Capitol before a national funeral at the Washington National Cathedral. Five presidents ...

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 ...