In retrospect, Gov. Carter and then President Carter was a different kind of politician. His humanity, his faith, his compassion were always discernible. He said what he meant and meant what he said.

When she was 7 years old, Jennifer McClellan wrote a letter to Jimmy Carter inviting him to her Matoaca home. Last week, she ...

As a legislator, governor, president and ex-president, he confronted the prejudices that were so much a part of where and ...

President-elect Jimmy Carter smiled as he addressed a cheering crowd. It was around 4 a.m. on Nov. 3, 1976. The former ...

Thursday's services capped six days of remembrance for Carter, who died on Dec. 29 at the age of 100. Following the honors in ...

Among those who spoke about the former president Thursday at Washington National Cathedral were relatives, former aides and ...

The life and legacy of former President Jimmy Carter is being remembered Thursday with a national funeral service and a ...

"He was the same person, no matter who he was with or where he was. For me, that's the definition of integrity." ...

The arc of his life stands in such stark contradiction to the brand of strong-armed, pugilistic leadership the nation has ...

The next time you’re marveling at the ruins at Sweetwater Creek State Park in Lithia Springs or standing in awe of the place ...

By Richard Fausset On the day he was sworn in as governor of Georgia, Jimmy Carter, an ambitious white peanut farmer from rural Sumter County, announced that “the time for racial discrimination ...

Meanwhile, in south Georgia, another Democrat was plotting ... all these things that are buzzwords today first came from Jimmy Carter when he was governor of this state. He was very progressive.” ...