Jimmy Carterfrom Plains, Georgia

39th President

Born – Oct. 1, 1924

Georgia Boy

O Born in Plains, Georgia on Oct. 1, 1924

O Grew up on peanut farm

O Best friend was Black

O Worked in the church

O Worked on the farm

O Mother fed hungry strangers

O Joined Navy 1946

O Later ran the family farm

Models

Compassion for Others

O Upset that black children could not go to

the same schools or activities.

O Later worked to change that

Compassion for Others

O Upset that black

children could not

use the public

swimming pool

O Later built a large

pool for everyone to

use

Compassion for OthersUpset that blacks and whites could not go the same church

He and his father tried to integrate the Maranatha Baptist Church

in Plains, GA in 1965 where he was a Sunday School teacher

Governor of Georgia1971-1975

At his Inauguration Speech, Carter

proclaimed that the time for segregation

had ended. "No poor, rural, weak, or black

person," he declared, "should ever have to

bear the additional burden of being

deprived of the opportunity of an

education, a job, or simple justice." He

hung a picture of Martin Luther King, Jr., in

the State Capitol Building and worked for

Civil Rights in Georgia. He also worked

hard to improve our Education system.

President of the United States1977-1981

Accomplishments

• Helped people find jobs

• Added more money to the federal budget

• Helped the environment – created more parks

• Created the Dept. of Education to help children

• Worked on Civil Rights; hired more Blacks and Hispanics

• Worked on Human Rights and keeping the peace to help people in

other countries, such as China, Egypt, and Israel

The Carter Center

O Founded in 1982

O Works on human rights all over the world

O Works to bring peace, fight disease and hunger,

bring food and clean water

Habitat for Humanity1984- Jimmy and his wife Rosalyn started volunteering

Helped to build apartment homes in New York city

for 19 families

They volunteer for one week every year.

"Habitat has opened up unprecedented opportunities for me to

cross the chasm that separates those of us who are free, safe,

financially secure, well fed and housed, and influential enough

to shape our own destiny from our neighbors who enjoy few,

if any, of these advantages of life."

―Jimmy Carter

Nobel Peace Prize2002

The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Jimmy

Carter in 2002"for his decades of untiring effort to

find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to

advance democracy and human rights, and to

promote economic and social development".