On July 14, 1976 Jimmy Carter won the Democratic presidential nomination at the party's convention in New York. Watch our Jimmy Carter doc streaming free at pbs.org/presidents. | American Experience | PBS

295 reactions · 50 shares | 1976 presidential campaign rivals Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter became longtime friends who found common cause in the decades after they left the White House. What gave that friendship staying power - even as the country became more partisan? Watch 'The Presidency: A Friendship of Rivals - Gerald Ford & Jimmy Carter' 10/28 at 9:30pm ET on C-SPAN 2: https://www.c-span.org/video/?529937-1/friendship-rivals-gerald-ford-jimmy-carter | American History TV | Facebook