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Mar 11, 2019 · In this short video, I give a brief overview of Jimmy Carter, his life, his presidency, his influence via The Carter Center, and his accomplishments. This v...
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Dec 12, 2012 · Born on October 1, 1924, in Plains, Georgia, Jimmy Carter was the 39th president of the United States (1977-81) and served as the nation's chief executive du...
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Feb 12, 2015 · Here's everything you need to know about Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States, in just 60 seconds. Explore the full Presidents collection on...
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Jimmy Carter was born on October 1, 1924, in Plains, Georgia; he was the first president to be born in a hospital. As a child growing up in Georgia, Carter helped with chores on his father’s peanut farm. The schools he attended were segregated, or separated by race, meaning Black children attended one school and white children attended another. Car...
After his father’s sudden death in 1953, Carter left the Navy to manage his family’s farm in Georgia. Around this time, many Black people across the country started demanding that they receive the same rights as white people. This was called the civil rights movement. In Carter’s hometown of Plains, an organization called the White Citizens Council...
In 1974, Carter announced that he would run for president in the 1976 race. At first, no one took him seriously because he was mostly unknown outside his home state of Georgia. So Carter published a book about his life called Why Not the Best? to introduce himself to voters. He also positioned himself as a political outsider who was scandal free, a...
Voters liked that Carter was an outsider—someone who hadn’t been involved in national politics or the recent presidential scandal. But once he was in the White House, being an outsider made things hard. Congress didn’t take him seriously and often refused to help pass his bills. Carter also had to deal with a bad economy at the beginning of his pre...
One of Carter’s biggest concerns was how much energy people used. He thought U.S. citizens were using too much to light their homes and drive their cars, and that the country was becoming dependent on oil from other countries. (In fact, this was one reason gas prices were so high during this time, because oil-producing Arab countries imposed an oil...
Carter’s greatest international challenge began in 1979 when angry college students from the Middle Eastern country of Iranstormed the U.S. embassy in the capital city of Tehran and took 52 Americans hostage. The students were upset that President Carter allowed an Iranian leader who had been thrown out of the country to seek medical treatment in t...
At just 56 years old, Carter began what is now the longest presidential retirement in U.S. history. Since leaving the White House in 1981, he’s written more than 20 books, many of them best sellers. Soon after his presidency ended, he and his wife, Rosalynn, founded the Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia. Through this organization, Carter has worked...
Learn about the life and achievements of the 39th president of the United States, who was a farmer, governor, and human rights advocate. Find out how he dealt with the Iran hostage crisis, the energy crisis, and the Camp David Accords.
Learn about Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States, who was born in Georgia and served from 1977 to 1981. Find out his achievements, challenges, and fun facts in this biography for kids.
Jimmy Carter became the 39th president of the United States in January 1977. He served only one term but later continued to be active in public life. Carter won the 2002 Nobel prize for peace.
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