A bipartisan bill introduced by Rep. Sanford Bishop, D-Ga., seeks to posthumously award former President Jimmy Carter the Congressional Gold Medal. At least half of Georgia’s congressional ...

This Presidents Day, the AFRO reflects on the legacy left behind by President Jimmy Carter. Known for his humanitarian efforts, Carter touched countless lives– including some right here at the AFRO.

In 1979, former President Jimmy Carter oversaw the creation of the modern U.S. Department of Education – an accomplishment the Biden administration has hailed as a hallmark of Carter's legacy in ...

Gasteyer grew up in Washington, D.C., and was friends with President Jimmy Carter’s daughter, Amy, so imagine her shock when she caught the president taking in Dan Aykroyd’s impression of him ...

According to a press release, Georgia’s Own Credit Union is displaying a mural of the late Jimmy Carter in the Atlanta skyline. Local artist Dane Jefferson created the mural and shared the ...

We look back at former President Jimmy Carter's commitment to Habitat for Humanity and meet a woman who still lives in a so-called "Carter Home" in Baltimore that the late president helped build ...

Jimmy Carter’s hometown of Plains was packed Saturday morning as people lined the streets, he once walked to say their final farewells. From Georgia State Patrol blocking off roads to Park ...

ATLANTA — Jimmy Carter, the peanut farmer who won the presidency in the wake of the Watergate scandal and Vietnam War, endured humbling defeat after one tumultuous term and then redefined life ...

A statue of a smiling peanut honoring former US President Jimmy Carter stands in the statesman’s hometown of Plains, Georgia. The second-tallest statue of a peanut in the world, the 13-foot monument ...