The Camp David Accords and the treaty that resulted dramatically reduced the odds of general war — even superpower confrontation — in the Middle East.

OneJax contacted Jimmy Carter to see if he would write a letter for the local nonprofit’s annual humanitarian awards. Carter, then 97, sent a signed note congratulating the honorees, saying that he and Rosalynn were “pleased to celebrate OneJax and your theme of civility.

Alter indicates that Carter by-and-large, avoided any involvement in the civil rights movement, including never meeting with fellow Georgian, Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK). Surprisingly, Carter did not join with the 150,000 mourners who marched from the MLK funeral at the Ebenezer Baptist Church though the streets of Atlanta in April of 1968.

President Jimmy Carter appointed more judges to the federal bench than any other president has done in a single term.

"Sunday Morning" looks back on the life of a public servant who sought to restore Americans' faith in the integrity of their government, and who was a Nobel Peace Prize-winner for his remarkable post-presidential years.

“Jimmy Carter was always an outsider ,” said biographer Jonathan Alter, explaining how Carter capitalized on the fallout of the Vietnam War and Watergate scandal that toppled Richard Nixon. “The country was thirsting for moral renewal and for Carter, as this genuinely religious figure, to come in and clean things up."

Elected in 1976 in the aftermath of Watergate, Jimmy Carter, the little-known governor of Georgia, believed he had a responsibility to restore Americans' faith in the integrity of their government. The 39th president accomplished much during his one term in office,

Mr Carter’s remains, which have been lying in repose at the Carter Presidential Centre since Saturday, left the Atlanta campus on Tuesday morning, accompanied by his children an

ATLANTA (AP) — Jimmy Carter, the peanut farmer who won the ... who died in 2022. Jonathan Alter, who penned a comprehensive Carter biography published in 2020, said in an interview that Carter ...

The U.S. and the world mourned and reflected on the legacy of the country's 39th president, Jimmy Carter, Sunday. The former president, revered for his humanitarianism, died in his hometown of ...

Jimmy Carter died Sunday at the age of 100. Carter passed away after nearly two years on hospice. Jimmy Carter served one term as president from 1977 to 1981. The 39th president was also a ...

Thursday is a national day of mourning for President Jimmy Carter, and both the stock market and post offices are closed.