Jimmy Carter wins posthumous Grammy for narrating an audiobook of his Sunday school lessons
Los Angeles, US AP Former President Jimmy Carter has won a posthumous Grammy award. A general view of atmosphere is seen during the 67th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, 2nd February, 2025, in Los Angeles. PICTURE: Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP. Carter, the peanut farmer who won the presidency in the wake of the Watergate scandal and Vietnam War, died […]
At state funeral in Washington, Jimmy Carter’s life celebrated as a “miracle”
Washington DC, US RNS A prestigious group of mourners, including a slate of current, former and future presidents and vice presidents, assembled in the Washington National Cathedral on Thursday for the state funeral of President Jimmy Carter, celebrating the life and legacy of the peanut farmer-turned-politician from Plains, Georgia. Carter’s casket, which had been lying […]
Admirers of Jimmy Carter travel to view his casket lying in state at Capitol
Washington DC, US AP Admirers of President Jimmy Carter from around the country visited Washington on Wednesday to view his casket as he lies in state as part of state funeral rites. The Georgia Democrat and 39th President died on 29th December at the age of 100. The flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter lies in […]
Essay: The Refugee Act is among President Carter’s greatest legacies. Let’s protect it.
AERLANDE WONTAMO, senior vice president of US programs for World Relief, says the future of resettlement is tenuous under President-elect Trump, who has pledged to suspend refugee admissions ‘on Day 1’…
Jimmy Carter eulogised by Kamala Harris, Congressional leaders at US Capitol
Updated: 10:25am (AEDT) Washington DC, US AP Nearly 44 years after Jimmy Carter left the nation’s capital in humbling defeat, the 39th President returned to Washington for three days of state funeral rites starting Tuesday. Carter’s remains, which had been lying in repose at the Carter Presidential Center since Saturday, left the Atlanta campus Tuesday morning, accompanied […]
Presidential lessons: Sunday school class with Jimmy Carter – what it was like
PAUL NEWBERRY, of Associated Press, attended a score of President Jimmy Carter’s Sunday School classes including his final lesson…
Jimmy Carter’s flag-draped casket is on its way to Atlanta as 39th President’s state funeral begins
Plains, Georgia, US AP Jimmy Carter ‘s long public goodbye began Saturday in Georgia, with the 39th US President’s flag-draped casket rolling through his tiny hometown and past his boyhood farmhouse on its way to Atlanta, where he climbed the political ladder and based his decades of humanitarian work after leaving the White House. The former […]
Explainer – Jimmy Carter’s state funeral starts Saturday. Here is what to know
Atlanta, US AP Six days of funeral observances for former President Jimmy Carter begin Saturday in Georgia, where he died on 29th December at the age of 100. The first events reflect Carter’s climb up the political ladder, from the tiny town of Plains, Georgia, to decades on the global stage as a humanitarian and advocate for democracy. […]
Indian village that changed its name to honour Jimmy Carter pays tribute
New Delhi, India Reuters Thousands of miles from Washington, where the funeral of Jimmy Carter is set for next week, an Indian village named after the former US President fondly remembers his visit almost 50 years ago, paying tribute. A one-term president from 1977, Carter, who died on Sunday aged 100, is to be given […]
Jimmy the Baptist: Carter redefined ‘evangelical’, from campaigns to race and women’s rights
BILL BARROW, of Associated Press, reports on how the faith of former US President Jimmy Carter, who died this week at the age of 100, shaped his life…