From Plains to Atlanta, mourners in Georgia will pay their respects to Jimmy Carter. The service begins six days of funeral ...

In a single term as governor of Georgia, Jimmy Carter propelled the state into a new era. The acronyms for state offices that still populate news stories about Georgia government – DOT ...

President Jimmy Carter was honored in a state funeral in Washington on Thursday, alongside a private memorial in Georgia.

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Jimmy Carter, a steel-willed Southern governor who was elected president in 1976, died at his home in Plains, Georgia, on Dec. 29, according to his son James E. Carter III, known as Chip.

MLK's daughter spoke to Newsweek about the different trajectories of two Georgia natives, and how they aligned in the fight ...

ATLANTA — In 1971, Jimmy Carter was sworn in as Georgia's 76th governor. He spent his term emphasizing ecology, efficiency in government and the removal of racial barriers, according to the ...

During Jimmy Carter’s sole term as governor in the early 1970s, he set out to modernize and depoliticize the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, building a legacy of professionalism and ...

Watch:Former President Jimmy Carter funeral service Saturday in Georgia Here's what mourners said about the former Georgia governor and 39th president of the United States: "I think he was the finest ...

The first events reflect Carter’s climb up the political ladder, from the tiny town of Plains, Georgia, to decades on the ...

Jimmy Carter paddled on the Chattooga River with ... all those things happened because Carter was governor in Georgia, so his imprint on the environment was huge, both federally and in this ...