Washington Monthly27d
Jimmy Carter’s Very Best (1924-2024)
(AP Photo/NewsBase) When I heard the news of Jimmy Carter ... not just of my time with Carter and his family but of the whole process of trying to write a biography of a formidable, complex ...
Son of the South: How Jimmy Carter Ended the Civil War
Leading a cohort of next-generation Southern leaders in both parties, Carter grafted the region back on the national map by repudiating Jim Crow, firmly and finally extinguishing George Wallace as a ...
Mark Woods: Recalling the life of Jimmy Carter — and a poem he wrote about his death
OneJax contacted Jimmy Carter to see if he would write a letter for the local nonprofit’s annual humanitarian awards. Carter, then 97, sent a signed note congratulating the honorees, ...
Los Angeles Times26d
Column: History gets Jimmy Carter wrong, both underrated and overrated
a political journalist and author of the 2020 biography “His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, A Life.” In Alter’s considered judgment, Carter, who died Sunday at 100, “was an underrated and under ...
The New York Times26d
Jimmy Carter and Motown Founder Berry Gordy’s Surprising Connection
whose biography, “His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, a Life” (2020), makes brief mention of the connection. Yet the connection between the two men is unknown to most Americans. Neither Mr. Carter ...
ABC News15d
Former President Jimmy Carter dies at 100: What to know about his kids, grandkids
Jeremy Carter died in 2015 after an apparent heart attack, according to the biography "His Very Best Jimmy Carter, a Life," by Jonathan Alter. In "Caregiving: Generations," a short documentary ...
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Jimmy Carter’s fraught relationship with Washington — and what it teaches us
author of the biography “His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, A Life.” “He felt like he didn’t need them, and he was a little arrogant about it. So when he got to Washington, he treated the ...
The Washington Post25d
Jimmy Carter’s many books were as direct and plainspoken as their author
Jimmy Carter signs copies of his book “A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power” in New York City in 2014. Carter was a prolific author. (Jemal Countess/Getty Images) Perspective ...
Education Week27d
Jimmy Carter’s Education Legacy Stretched From the School Board to the White House
Carter long maintained that he favored desegregation in that era but that his views were at odds with those of most of his neighbors. In a 2020 biography titled His Very Best: Jimmy Carter ...
'A life of service': President Jimmy Carter's state funeral, Georgia memorials replay
President Jimmy Carter was honored in a state funeral in Washington on Thursday, alongside a private memorial in Georgia.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution17d
Nation prepares to say farewell as Jimmy Carter procession goes to D.C.
He died last month after turning 100 in October. In his 2020 biography of Carter, “His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, A Life,” Jonathan Alter underscored the former president’s striking versatility.