Mattie Wright, a 73-year-old Albany resident, visited Plains Thursday to honor the late president’s push for racial equality — a lesson Jimmy Carter instilled in his son, Chip. Wright attended Georgia Southwestern University with Chip in the early 1970s. He used to talk with Wright and other Black students at the university’s student center.

Somber moments in Plains, Georgia Thursday as former President Jimmy Carter’s hearse makes its final journey through his beloved hometown.

Jimmy Carter, the first former American president to live to 100, arrived back in his hometown of Plains, Georgia. Before the trip home, the former president was memorialized at Washington National Cathedral on Thursday morning before Special Air Mission 39 at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland took his casket on its

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By Lance Simmens I can say with all sincerity that Jimmy Carter was a profound influence in my life. As a child of the ’60s too young to attend Woodstock (I only turned 16 the week the Happening happened,

In the winter of 1993, specifically February, my husband, Clarence, planned a trip to Florida, Alabama and Texas to visit relatives. Since we did not have a specific date to

We saw all five living presidents happily seated together, while we observers speculated as to what Republican President-elect Donald Trump and Democratic former President Barack Obama were joking about with each other.

A restaurant owner in Plains shares her experience on serving former President Jimmy Carter throughout the years.

Mourners gathered on Thursday in Plains, Georgia, to pay their last respects to former US President Jimmy Carter during the final day of his state funeral. The hearse carrying Carter's casket passed through his hometown on its way to the family cemetery after a private service at Maranatha Baptist Church.

The U.S. flag code lays out parameters for lowering the U.S. flag to half-staff, including a 30-day period for current or former presidents to cover flags at federal government buildings and their grounds, as well as at U.S. embassies and other facilities abroad, including military installations and vessels.

In the town of Plains, Georgia, President Jimmy Carter was affectionally referred to as “Mr. Jimmy.” Everybody in the tiny town was related to or knew him personally. Never before has a president devoted so much of himself to his hometown both before and after his presidency.

“On January 20th, the flags at the Capitol will fly at full-staff to celebrate our country coming together behind the inauguration of our 47th President, Donald Trump,” Johnson said in a statement. “The flags will be lowered back to half-staff the following day to continue honoring President Jimmy Carter.”