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News Articles: Carter

mural of President and Mrs. Carter greets visitors at Atlanta's airport

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Atlanta airport unveils mural of the Carters

Visitors to Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, the world's busiest, are now greeted with a large mural honoring former President Jimmy and first lady Rosalynn Carter.

March 24, 2025
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  • GPB News Staff
Closing the hearse before carrying Carter to be buried next to his wife Rosalynn on the grounds of their home.

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Plains welcomes back its own Jimmy Carter for the final time

Carter’s funeral started and ended in Plains. Locals of the Southwest Georgia town say they saw thousands of visitors during the ceremonies.

January 10, 2025
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas and
  • Grant Blankenship
Jimmy Carter accepts the presidential nomination of his party at the Democratic National Convention, August 14, 1980.

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Though best known as a politician and humanitarian, Jimmy Carter is also remembered as a film buff

Georgia’s film and TV industry can, in part, thank Carter for its booming success. 

January 07, 2025
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  • Sofi Gratas
On February 24, 1978, President Carter signed the Endangered American Wilderness Act, designating approximately 1.3 million acres of land as wilderness areas. This represented the largest single addition to wilderness areas since the Wilderness Act was enacted in 1964.

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A biographer reflects on the Carter administration's 'enormous legislative agenda'

Historian Kai Bird says the four years Jimmy Carter spent as president of the United States were more consequential than most Americans acknowledge.

January 01, 2025
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  • Peter Biello
peanut parade

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100th birthday celebrations for Jimmy Carter get early start on the Peanut Express

Jimmy Carter turned 100 years old Oct. 1. That makes him the oldest living president in U.S. history. 

October 01, 2024
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  • Sofi Gratas
U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young meets with President Jimmy Carter in the Oval Office in 1979.

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In honor of Jimmy Carter's centennial, Andrew Young reflects on a friendship built on service

As Jimmy Carter marks his 100th birthday, few people know him better than former Ambassador to the U.N. and civil rights leader, Andrew Young. The two have shared a decades-long friendship rooted in faith and a commitment to public service. He spoke with GPB's Morning Edition about his friend's lasting influence and how the two first met. 

October 01, 2024
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  • Pamela Kirkland
Jason Carter, Chair of the Carter Center's Board of Trustees welcomes the Fox Theatre audience to his grandfather's birthday concert, filmed in Atlanta on Sept. 17, 2024.

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President Carter plans a day of quiet celebration of his 100th birthday in Plains

Former President Jimmy Carter is set to make history Tuesday by reaching the Century mark at 100.  Carter — already the longest living president — will spend the day with his family in hometown of Plains. His grandson and the chair of the board of trustees of the Carter center, Jason Carter, spoke with GPB’s Peter Biello.

September 30, 2024
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  • Peter Biello
The 2024 White House Christmas Ornament featuring former President Jimmy Carter, is seen at the White House Historical Association Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024, in Washington. Carter is the first of the U.S. presidents to be honored with an official White House Christmas ornament while still living. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Jimmy Carter becomes first living ex-president with official White House Christmas ornament

Former President Jimmy Carter has another distinction to his name. The 99-year-old is the first living U.S. president to be honored with an official White House Christmas ornament, which was unveiled Wednesday.

February 22, 2024
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  • Associated Press
Portrait of Rosalynn Carter at The Carter Center, 1993

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Pioneering former first lady Rosalynn Carter dies at 96

Rosalynn Carter, partner of 39th U.S. President Jimmy Carter, changed the way Americans view mental health, and spent decades reducing stigma and fighting diseases through her work at the Carter Center.

November 19, 2023
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  • Ellen Eldridge
Hugh A Carter Jr.

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Hugh Carter Jr., the cousin who helped organize Jimmy Carter's 'Peanut Brigade,' has died

Hugh "Sonny" Carter Jr. has died. He's the Carter who helped organize the "Peanut Brigade" that helped elect his cousin Jimmy to the White House and later enforced the president's frugal ways in the West Wing.

July 25, 2023
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  • Associated Press
Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event Monday, March 13, 2023, in Davenport, Iowa.

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Political Rewind: Trump asks for protests; Former Texas gov. sabotaged Carter in Iran hostage crisis

Monday on Political Rewind: Former President Donald Trump called for supporters to protest his possible indictment in New York. His move sends a message to Fani Willis. Plus, new information lends credence to the theory that the 1980 Reagan campaign sabotaged efforts to bring American hostages home.

March 20, 2023
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
  • and 1 more
In this  photo, various cannabis oil products are displayed in the office of Georgia State Rep. Allen Peake, R - Macon, in Macon, Ga. Peake is at the center of a semi-legal statewide medical cannabis distribution network.

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A Pirate Cannabis Oil Operation Under The Golden Dome

The race for governor of Georgia has turned into a sprint now that the 2018 general assembly has concluded its business. What ammunition did the session...

April 02, 2018
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By:
  • Bill Nigut

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