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

As a legislator, governor, president and ex-president, he confronted the prejudices that were so much a part of where and when he grew up. His life and deeds hold many lessons for today’s public officials.

Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, welcomed the family to the White House in 1977 to present Coretta Scott King with a posthumous Medal of Freedom for her husband—the first federal recognition of ...

Jimmy Carter spent his life intertwined with America’s and the world’s enduring legacy of slavery. His approach revealed a dualism in Carter that pitted his personal ambitions and political pragmatism

FILE - Dr. Martin Luther King Sr., Rosalynn Carter, President Jimmy Carter, Coretta Scott King, Christine Parris King, sister of the late Dr. King, and U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young sing during a ...

Before his public career, Carter and his wife Rosalynn, who died in November ... posts and formed a friendship with King's parents and his widow, Coretta Scott King. Reaching for the White House ...

Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King were the proud parents of four children. Yolanda Denise King, Martin Luther King III, Dexter Scott King and Bernice Albertine King have dedicated their lives to continuing their parents' fights for nonviolence and racial,

MLK Jr.'s son, Martin Luther King III, and his wife, Arndrea Waters King, co-authored the book "What is My Legacy?" with activists and contributors, including Julia Roberts.

The first Martin Luther King Jr. Day was January 20, 1986. Coretta Scott King, the wife of Dr. King, had a great idea in the year prior to the first

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During my years teaching, the attendant career responsibilities provided many interesting and exciting events in my life.

In this report from 2006 shortly after Coretta's death, TV9’s Dave Franzman talked to several eastern Iowans who knew Dr. King and say his wife deserves a place in history too.