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News Articles: Jimmy 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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Mary Robinson (center) participates in a fireside chat with Carter Center CEP Paige Alexander (right) and Carter Center Chief Development Officer Nicole Kruse at the Carter Center in Atlanta on March 3, 2025.

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'Hope is action': Former Irish president Mary Robinson screens new documentary at Carter Center

Ahead of International Women's Day, Mrs. Robinson explores leadership on the global stage and the importance of maintaining hope in the push for human rights and environmental initiatives.

March 07, 2025
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  • Kristi York Wooten
Kabir Sehgal, left, and Jason Carter accepts the award for best audiobook, narration, and storytelling recording for "Last Sundays in Plains: A Centennial Celebration" during the 67th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025, in Los Angeles.

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Jimmy Carter wins posthumous Grammy for narrating an audiobook of his Sunday school lessons

Former President Jimmy Carter has won a posthumous Grammy award. Carter died in December at age 100. Prior to his death, Cater was nominated in the audio book, narration, and storytelling recording category for Last Sundays in Plains: A Centennial Celebration, recordings from his final Sunday school lessons delivered at Maranatha Baptist Church in Georgia.

February 03, 2025
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  • Associated Press
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. makes an announcement on the future of his campaign in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. August 23, 2024. Photo by Thomas Machowicz/REUTERS

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Georgia Today: Kemp tackles tort reform; Guinea worm disease work continues; Warnock on RFK Jr.

On the Thursday, Jan. 30 edition of Georgia Today: Gov. Brian Kemp tackles tort reform; Jimmy Carter's mission to eradicate guinea worm disease remains on track; and RFK Jr. faces opposition to his confirmation as head of the largest federal health agency from Sen. Raphael Warnock.

January 30, 2025
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By:
  • Peter Biello and
  • Jake Cook
Palestinian farmers fix a sign in the ground ahead of the replant of a 10 dunam, 2.5 acres, of land with 250 olive trees, part of the joint Freedom Farm project of the Palestinian Farmers Union and the Treedom for Palestine 2025 in memory of President Jimmy Carter, in the West Bank city of Tulkarem Monday, Jan. 13, 2025.

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Palestinians dedicate a new West Bank olive grove to Jimmy Carter

Palestinian activists in the northern West Bank have planted an olive grove in memory of the late U.S. President Jimmy Carter, describing him as a staunch supporter of the Palestinian cause.

January 14, 2025
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  • Associated Press
July 21, 1978: President Jimmy Carter greets Willie Nelson, left, after watching the star country and western music singer perform in a concert at the Merriweather Post Pavillion at Columbia, Md.

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  • National

How Jimmy Carter's love of music helped launch his presidential campaign

Former President Jimmy Carter's close friends included the likes of Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson and the Allman brothers.

January 11, 2025
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  • Abi Inman
Barry Rosen is a former US diplomat who was one of the 52 hostages held in Iran for 444 days from 1979 to 1981. Here he is speaking to AFP journalists outside the Coburg palace in Vienna , Austria, on January 14, 2022.

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'He brought us back alive': A former hostage remembers Jimmy Carter

Former diplomat Barry Rosen was a hostage during the Iran crisis. In an interview with All Things Considered, he reflects on former President Jimmy Carter's quest to free him.

January 11, 2025
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  • Ari Shapiro,
  • Elena Burnett,
  • and 1 more
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 8: The flag-draped casket of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter lies in state in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on January 8, 2025 in Washington, DC. Carter, the 39th President of the United States, died at the age of 100 on December 29, 2024 at his home in Plains, Georgia. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

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U.S. stock markets close to honor former President Jimmy Carter

The New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq will both observe Thursday's national day of mourning in a Wall Street tradition dating back to 1865.

January 10, 2025
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  • Maria Aspan
Emily Saliers visits the flower memorial at the Carter Center to pay her respects to former President Jimmy Carter on Jan. 8, 2025. Carter died on Dec. 29, 2024 at age 100.

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WATCH: Indigo Girls' Emily Saliers on Jimmy Carter's influence: 'He was a glorious human being'

The Atlanta singer and songwriter visited the Carter Center to pay her respects to president who influenced her music and activism with his "vision for equality."

January 10, 2025
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  • Kristi York Wooten
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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  • Sofi Gratas and
  • Grant Blankenship
Jimmy Carter's hearse in Plains

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LISTEN: GPB reflects on Jimmy Carter’s life and legacy

Hosted by Pamela Kirkland and Peter Biello, Georgia Public Broadcasting aired special live programming Saturday, Jan. 4, honoring former President Jimmy Carter and covering the start of six days of funeral observances commemorating his life.

January 10, 2025
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  • Pamela Kirkland
Former President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn Carter, attach siding to the front of a Habitat for Humanity home being built on June 10, 2003, in LaGrange, Georgia.

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  • Perspective

Jimmy Carter is no saint in my house

For President Biden's legacy, we should look to late President Jimmy Carter's history in Central America.

January 10, 2025
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  • Jasmine Romero
The Honorable Andrew Young speaks a Homily next to the flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter, during a state funeral at Washington National Cathedral, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, in Washington.

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  • News

LISTEN: Andrew Young praises Jimmy Carter's 'little deeds of love and mercy' during funeral Homily

The civil rights icon, pastor and former Atlanta mayor served as Ambassador to the United Nations during Jimmy Carter/s presidency and remembered his friend of 50 years as a man of courage and integrity.

January 09, 2025
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  • Kristi York Wooten
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and President Jimmy Carter met 20 years ago and forged a close relationship. Says Tedros: "One thing that came to my mind today, attending the funeral, was President Carter's humility. He was a humble leader and respects anyone, whether they are rich or poor or powerful or not. For him, it didn't matter."

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  • Global Health

World Health Organization head on bond with Jimmy Carter: 'I consider him my mentor'

The World Health Organization leader worked with Carter for 20 years to fight the world's "neglected" diseases. After attending Carter's funeral, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus shared memories.

January 09, 2025
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  • Gabrielle Emanuel
GPB News NPR

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  • National

Jimmy Carter remembered by colleagues, family and friends as a devoted public servant

The service, which lasted roughly two hours, was packed with heartfelt and vivid remembrances that recalled both a powerful president and politician as well as a thoughtful and giving man of faith.

January 09, 2025
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  • Elena Moore and
  • Tamara Keith
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