This story originally appeared on Georgia Recorder. Jimmy Carter would chart a new course for the state at the start of his four-year term serving as Georgia’s governor when he used his inauguration address in 1971 to assert a public stand against the racial segregation that still maintained its popularity among many white Georgians.

Former President Jimmy Carter, who died on December 29 at the age of 100, has been laid to rest in his hometown of Plains, Georgia, following a state funeral held in Washington, D.C. “He was the last president to actively encourage participation and involvement in governmental processes by the progressive civil community,

Remember former President Jimmy Carter's run for governor in 1966? FOX 5 I-Team reporter Johnny Edwards spoke to the son of his opponent, Garland Byrd. Take a look back at their historic campaigns.

Days of honoring the 39th president began on Saturday with stops at his childhood farm, the Georgia State Capitol and the Carter Center.

Nearly one hundred Tallahasseans gathered at Lake Ella for a memorial in honor of President Jimmy Carter ... Leon County Democratic Party during a national day of mourning and Carter's funeral ...

WASHINGTON >> U.S. leaders on Tuesday paid tribute to former President Jimmy Carter — who had the longest and most admired post-presidency in history — as he laid in state at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday ahead of his funeral on Thursday.

This article was originally published in the Jan. 17, 2007 issue of Flagpole, around the time UGA held a conference reassessing the Carter presidency. Jimmy Carter belongs to the world, but most Georgians have their own memories of him,

Jimmy Carter was in office from 1977 until 1981, but it was his life outside the White House that has continued to speak volumes

If you go to the Google home page today, you will see a gray Google logo. Google does this on somber days and since today is the national day of mourning for President Jimmy Carter, Google has grayed out the logo.

On Sunday December 29th, we learned that the 39th President of the United States, Georgia’s own James Earl Carter, drew his last breath.

Living to 100 let Jimmy Carter fulfill his wish to vote for Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris against Republican Donald Trump in November.