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Why Michelle Obama was missing at Jimmy Carter’s funeral

The state funeral of former President Jimmy Carter brought forth a rare sighting in Washington, D.C., politics, as every living current and former U.S. president attended the Thursday service held at the Washington National Cathedral. President Joe Biden, who delivered the eulogy in honor of America’s 39th president, sat in the front row alongside his wife, First Lady Dr. Jill Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff. Behind them sat former President Bill Clinton, former First Lady […]

todayJanuary 11, 2025 1

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Jimmy Carter’s life intersected with slavery’s legacy. His record on Civil Rights is complicated

Young Jimmy Carter and his friends were walking across a pasture after a day’s farm labor during the Great Depression. As they came to a gate, his companions stood aside and let Carter enter first. This was no act of kindness or intuitive deference to a future U.S. president. The teens stopped because they were Black, and James Earl Carter Jr. was white, a 14-year-old whose father owned the Georgia land they all worked. After years of playing and working […]

todayJanuary 9, 2025