Jonathan Alter

Well, first he got involved in education. So his father had been on the school board and he decided to go on the school board as well. And even though there was nothing he could do. even as chair of the county school board, to integrate the schools. He could do things to improve the black schools, which at the time he went on the school board didn't even have any school buses.

Well, first he got involved in education. So his father had been on the school board and he decided to go on the school board as well. And even though there was nothing he could do. even as chair of the county school board, to integrate the schools. He could do things to improve the black schools, which at the time he went on the school board didn't even have any school buses.

So they got the hand-me-down buses. In any event, he became interested in education, and he realized that he couldn't really do much unless he went into politics. He ran for the Georgia State Senate in 1962, and the guy he was running against literally, no exaggeration, stuffed the ballot boxes.

So they got the hand-me-down buses. In any event, he became interested in education, and he realized that he couldn't really do much unless he went into politics. He ran for the Georgia State Senate in 1962, and the guy he was running against literally, no exaggeration, stuffed the ballot boxes.

So they got the hand-me-down buses. In any event, he became interested in education, and he realized that he couldn't really do much unless he went into politics. He ran for the Georgia State Senate in 1962, and the guy he was running against literally, no exaggeration, stuffed the ballot boxes.

And at first, it looked like Carter would have the election stolen from him, but he went to court and was able to get his seat. And then in 1966, he ran unsuccessfully for governor, and then he had a kind of a spiritual crisis and

And at first, it looked like Carter would have the election stolen from him, but he went to court and was able to get his seat. And then in 1966, he ran unsuccessfully for governor, and then he had a kind of a spiritual crisis and

And at first, it looked like Carter would have the election stolen from him, but he went to court and was able to get his seat. And then in 1966, he ran unsuccessfully for governor, and then he had a kind of a spiritual crisis and

went in the north door to door for Jesus and had some unusual experiences there, including coming upon a brothel at one point and trying to convert the madam unsuccessfully. And then he decides he's going to run again and is elected in 1970 as governor.

went in the north door to door for Jesus and had some unusual experiences there, including coming upon a brothel at one point and trying to convert the madam unsuccessfully. And then he decides he's going to run again and is elected in 1970 as governor.

went in the north door to door for Jesus and had some unusual experiences there, including coming upon a brothel at one point and trying to convert the madam unsuccessfully. And then he decides he's going to run again and is elected in 1970 as governor.

So he was the first real representative of what they called the New South, the post-segregationist South. But it didn't really, well, it impacted them in that their son, Chip, as he described at Rosalind Carter's funeral, was beaten up for wearing a Lyndon Johnson button in the 1964 election. Johnson was for civil rights. And the rest of the family was hassled as well.

So he was the first real representative of what they called the New South, the post-segregationist South. But it didn't really, well, it impacted them in that their son, Chip, as he described at Rosalind Carter's funeral, was beaten up for wearing a Lyndon Johnson button in the 1964 election. Johnson was for civil rights. And the rest of the family was hassled as well.

So he was the first real representative of what they called the New South, the post-segregationist South. But it didn't really, well, it impacted them in that their son, Chip, as he described at Rosalind Carter's funeral, was beaten up for wearing a Lyndon Johnson button in the 1964 election. Johnson was for civil rights. And the rest of the family was hassled as well.

So he was kind of caught in the middle of that as a businessman and a state senator. And then he nudged Georgia forward as governor. And then the key moment, I think, came in the 1976 presidential campaign when he came out of nowhere to be the Democratic nominee and then got elected president. The key primary that year was the Florida primary.

So he was kind of caught in the middle of that as a businessman and a state senator. And then he nudged Georgia forward as governor. And then the key moment, I think, came in the 1976 presidential campaign when he came out of nowhere to be the Democratic nominee and then got elected president. The key primary that year was the Florida primary.

So he was kind of caught in the middle of that as a businessman and a state senator. And then he nudged Georgia forward as governor. And then the key moment, I think, came in the 1976 presidential campaign when he came out of nowhere to be the Democratic nominee and then got elected president. The key primary that year was the Florida primary.

And winning there set him on the path to the presidency or made it quite likely that he would be president. But more important, he beat George Wallace in that primary. And Wallace was the representative of the American segregationists. And he had been governor of Alabama.

And winning there set him on the path to the presidency or made it quite likely that he would be president. But more important, he beat George Wallace in that primary. And Wallace was the representative of the American segregationists. And he had been governor of Alabama.

And winning there set him on the path to the presidency or made it quite likely that he would be president. But more important, he beat George Wallace in that primary. And Wallace was the representative of the American segregationists. And he had been governor of Alabama.