Jonathan Alter

Yeah. So Jimmy and Rosalind Carter knew each other for 96 years. That's amazing. You can imagine. They were married for 77 years. which is longer than all but a thousand couples in the United States.

So this life in rural Georgia, which I spent a lot of time unpacking and researching, it shaped him, but he sided more with his mother and with a illiterate black woman sharecropper named Rachel Clark, who is He thought of as a third parent. His mother was often gone nursing, and his father was busy.

So this life in rural Georgia, which I spent a lot of time unpacking and researching, it shaped him, but he sided more with his mother and with a illiterate black woman sharecropper named Rachel Clark, who is He thought of as a third parent. His mother was often gone nursing, and his father was busy.

So this life in rural Georgia, which I spent a lot of time unpacking and researching, it shaped him, but he sided more with his mother and with a illiterate black woman sharecropper named Rachel Clark, who is He thought of as a third parent. His mother was often gone nursing, and his father was busy.

And this woman, Rachel Clark, gave him his great love of nature, which led him to be one of the greatest environmental presidents in American history. He signed 15 major pieces of environmental legislation. He was the first leader anywhere in the world who recognized the problem of global warming.

And this woman, Rachel Clark, gave him his great love of nature, which led him to be one of the greatest environmental presidents in American history. He signed 15 major pieces of environmental legislation. He was the first leader anywhere in the world who recognized the problem of global warming.

And this woman, Rachel Clark, gave him his great love of nature, which led him to be one of the greatest environmental presidents in American history. He signed 15 major pieces of environmental legislation. He was the first leader anywhere in the world who recognized the problem of global warming.

Strong ties to the land and was an outdoorsman. And then she also gave him his faith. And he was arguably the most devout man ever to be president of the United States. So this background there was central to who he became. But just one more quick point on this. He ducked the civil rights movement.

Strong ties to the land and was an outdoorsman. And then she also gave him his faith. And he was arguably the most devout man ever to be president of the United States. So this background there was central to who he became. But just one more quick point on this. He ducked the civil rights movement.

Strong ties to the land and was an outdoorsman. And then she also gave him his faith. And he was arguably the most devout man ever to be president of the United States. So this background there was central to who he became. But just one more quick point on this. He ducked the civil rights movement.

You know, we tend to think of him as some kind of secular saint or Mahatma Gandhi figure, but he didn't say anything racist. But he was a bystander, and he later regretted that. And I argue in my book that he spent the second half of his life after age 50 making up for what he did not do in the first half of his life, which was to stand up for civil rights.

You know, we tend to think of him as some kind of secular saint or Mahatma Gandhi figure, but he didn't say anything racist. But he was a bystander, and he later regretted that. And I argue in my book that he spent the second half of his life after age 50 making up for what he did not do in the first half of his life, which was to stand up for civil rights.

You know, we tend to think of him as some kind of secular saint or Mahatma Gandhi figure, but he didn't say anything racist. But he was a bystander, and he later regretted that. And I argue in my book that he spent the second half of his life after age 50 making up for what he did not do in the first half of his life, which was to stand up for civil rights.

And so he never bothered to meet Martin Luther King Jr. He later became very close to Daddy King, Dr. King's father, and to Coretta King, Dr. King's widow. But before 1968, when Dr. King was assassinated, Jimmy Carter, you know, wasn't safe for him in business or politics to have anything to do with him. And so this is what makes for a very complicated figure.

And so he never bothered to meet Martin Luther King Jr. He later became very close to Daddy King, Dr. King's father, and to Coretta King, Dr. King's widow. But before 1968, when Dr. King was assassinated, Jimmy Carter, you know, wasn't safe for him in business or politics to have anything to do with him. And so this is what makes for a very complicated figure.

And so he never bothered to meet Martin Luther King Jr. He later became very close to Daddy King, Dr. King's father, and to Coretta King, Dr. King's widow. But before 1968, when Dr. King was assassinated, Jimmy Carter, you know, wasn't safe for him in business or politics to have anything to do with him. And so this is what makes for a very complicated figure.

And then, of course, after having ducked the civil rights movement, what does he do when he becomes president? He internationalizes the civil rights movement with his human rights policy, which did so much to shift dozens of countries. from autocracies to democracies. Now, we're worried about all these authoritarian regimes now, but there are fewer than when Jimmy Carter was president.

And then, of course, after having ducked the civil rights movement, what does he do when he becomes president? He internationalizes the civil rights movement with his human rights policy, which did so much to shift dozens of countries. from autocracies to democracies. Now, we're worried about all these authoritarian regimes now, but there are fewer than when Jimmy Carter was president.

And then, of course, after having ducked the civil rights movement, what does he do when he becomes president? He internationalizes the civil rights movement with his human rights policy, which did so much to shift dozens of countries. from autocracies to democracies. Now, we're worried about all these authoritarian regimes now, but there are fewer than when Jimmy Carter was president.

And one of the reasons there are fewer is because Carter had this enormous commitment to human rights, which he took from his presidency into his post-presidency.