Remember former President Jimmy Carter's run for governor in 1966? FOX 5 I-Team reporter Johnny Edwards spoke to the son of his opponent, Garland Byrd. Take a look back at their historic campaigns.
"From the Plains Peanut Festival to the Governor’s Mansion, to the White House—and to communities around the globe—they remained grounded and humble, and Plains always remained home in their hearts.”
Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter's 77-year marriage has become part of the couple's political lore. "Yours is a love like everyone would wish that they would have," US broadcasting star Oprah Winfrey told the former president in 2015.
The post office in Plains, Ga. has been renamed the 'Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Post Office' to honor their years of good works and impact on the small town.
Former President Carter’s marriage to first lady Rosalynn Carter played a defining role in his life, spanning 77 years and making it the longest presidential marriage in U.S. history. Jimmy
Tribune reporter Joseph Dits recorded their stories at a press conference at the Habitat work site. Hammers pound in the background.
Jimmy Carter, who died Dec. 29 at the age of 100, spent his life intertwined with America’s and the world’s enduring legacy of slavery.
Perhaps Carter’s most revealing poem, “I Wanted to Share My Father’s World,” concerns the man who never got to see his namesake son’s achievements. He wrote that he despised Earl’s discipline, and swallowed hunger for “just a word of praise.”
His impulses were right, but he took them too far. Donald Trump was a beneficiary.
Michael Tropp has met seven presidents and visited all 39 presidential gravesites. This presidential history buff just paid his respects to Jimmy Carter.