Former President Jimmy Carter, who was a progressive evangelical, reflects the existence of progressive tradition in African American Christianity.
DALLAS ( SMU) – Two days before the 1976 Texas presidential primary, former president Jimmy Carter spoke at SMU’s McFarlin Auditorium to a crowd of 2,400, his third campaign event of the day. Carter entered to the song “This Is My Country” where, according to the Dallas Morning News, “the crowd almost came out of the double balconies.”
Former President Jimmy Carter will be buried in the small town where he lived, married, and died: Plains, Georgia. Carter spent more than 80 of his 100 years in and around the town, which still has fewer than 700 people,
No one could accuse the late former President Jimmy Carter of hoarding fortunes in ... Texas and a four-bedroom home in Dallas, valued at $2.5 million, according to public property records.
Former President Jimmy Carter is currently lying in state at the U.S. Capitol Rotunda as the nation honors the 39th president.
In 1976, Jimmy Carter said something that had almost never ... fact,” Reagan told a crowd of 15,000 evangelical ministers in Dallas right before the 1980 election, “that all the complex ...
Federal offices will be closed and postal service suspended. Flags will be flown at half-mast for thirty days, a fitting tribute to a man who was too often underappreciated during his presidency, garnering more accolades for his post-presidential activism than for his presidency itself.
The late president is lying in state through Thursday morning, giving the public a chance to pay respect in person.
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter was honored with the pageantry of a funeral in ... Michael Malone almost shut down Jamal Murray at halftime in Dallas. Then Murray catalyzed a comeback win: “He’s not 100% healthy.” Michael Malone almost shut ...
Jimmy Carter professing his “born again” Christianity paved the way for Jerry Falwell and Ronald Reagan's style of religious politics.
Former President Jimmy Carter's legacy of character and service celebrated at state funeral inspiring the next generation of leaders.