Jimmy Carter's state funeral moves to Washington after observances in his native Georgia. The 39th president's remains will leave the Carter Presidential Center on Tuesday morning and fly to Washington aboard Special Air Mission 39.
President Jimmy Carter 's legacy of giving back endures in several nonprofits he and his wife, Rosalynn Carter, supported for the almost 50 years after they left the White House. In Los Angeles on Monday,
ATLANTA — The former deputy press secretary for then-Governor Jimmy Carter spoke with Channel 2′s Sophia Choi about his days with Carter. “What I found most pleasing was his loyalty and honesty,” Bob Klingensmith said.
Before Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, picked up a hammer and nails to frame out Cecelia "Cece" Dukuly’s home in 1989, Dukuly was familiar with the 39th president from her time as a teen living in Liberia.
During a week of funerals, supporters and loved ones reflect on the former President’s legacy. “He understood that the arc of history is long,” his grandson said.
As a member of the elite, informal club of U.S. presidents past and present, Jimmy Carter was uniquely positioned to do important work for his successors, whether Democrat or Republican.
Early in his presidency, in May 1977, then-President Jimmy Carter gave a commencement speech at the University of Notre Dame that outlined a new approach to America’s role in the world: Carter said human rights should be a “fundamental tenet of our foreign policy.