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That’s how I met Jimmy Carter, who died Sunday in ... around the country on “Peanut One” and “Peanut Two,” the twin United 727s his campaign chartered after he beat a large field of ...
Jimmy Carter, initially silent on segregation ... Chuck Byrd's father-in-law was part of Carter's "Peanut Brigade" of presidential campaign volunteers. Chuck became friends with Carter’s ...
A former Boston Globe reporter shares his memories of covering President Jimmy Carter's campaign and presidency ... everywhere on what became known as "Peanut One" and covered the many crises ...
In honor of his legacy, take a look at these Jimmy Carter quotes that show why the 39th president was such an impactful ...
But the 21-year-old wasn’t an aimless kid — he was part of Jimmy Carter’s “Peanut Brigade,” and the group had a presidential campaign to win. “I went to Wisconsin, Pennsylvania ...
His father was a peanut farmer ... Southerners at the time, Carter was a political unknown when he began a national campaign in 1974 and was first referred to as "Jimmy Who?" ...
He won a longshot campaign to be the 39th president ... the USA TODAY Network will publish “Jimmy Carter: Peanut Farmer, 39th President, Humanitarian” to chronicle a lifetime for the ages ...
Known from boyhood as Jimmy, Carter rose from the dusty peanut fields of Plains ... Carter later called his campaign, during which he leaned into the anxiety many white Georgians felt over ...