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

Jimmy Carter, who died Dec. 29 at the age of 100, spent his life intertwined with America’s and the world’s enduring legacy ...

She shared that it extended back all the way to her grandfather, Martin Luther King, Sr., who her family affectionately called "Daddy King." "President Carter ... by his wife, Rosalynn, ...

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter died Sunday at the age of 100 in his hometown of Plains, Georgia, according to the Carter Center, the nonprofit he and his wife Rosalynn Carter founded.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s social justice movement was facing overwhelming obstacles, including a White backlash to Black ...

Martin Luther King Sr. praised Carter, writing, “I know a man I can trust, Blacks can trust, and that man is Jimmy Carter.” After leaving the Oval Office, Carter’s commitment to service ...

Sometimes, but not always. The federal holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr. takes place on the third Monday of January each year. That day was chosen because it’s close to King’s actual ...