"When President Carter picked his chisel and started slicing through that mahogany to carve his name, a sense of pride overcame me.”

Yet in politics, he sometimes found himself cast an Old Confederacy racist, and he carefully managed relationships with erstwhile segregationists like Alabama Gov. George Wallace. “Jimmy Carter had as strong a rural, south-Georgia accent as anybody I ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. ( WAFF) - Former President Jimmy Carter’s humanitarian work made its way to Alabama. He was very active with Habitat For Humanity. A local man named Zan Elliott said he was able to work alongside the late President building homes.

No, states are not required to follow White House order to fly flags at half-staff in memory of former President Jimmy Carter.

Former President Jimmy Carter kept busy in the years after his presidency, and he wrote so many books that an interested reader might wonder where to start exploring the Georgian’s literary legacy. Alabama authors play a big part in a new book that provides an overview.

Leading a cohort of next-generation Southern leaders in both parties, Carter grafted the region back on the national map by repudiating Jim Crow, firmly and finally extinguishing George Wallace as a political force and assembling a fearsome, if fleeting, biracial general election coalition.

Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson has ordered flags to be raised on Monday for President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration, despite the 30-day mourning period for Jimmy Carter's death.

Former President Jimmy Carter and wife Rosalynn visited a Habitat For Humanity community in Fairfield, Ala., Friday October 8, 2010 to help put the finishing touches on the home of Ted and Wanda Harville. The Carters worked on that house, visited others, and spoke to reporters. (File/AL.com/Joe Songer-The Birmingham News) bn bn

Gov. Kay Ivey has directed flags at the Capitol and all state buildings to be raised to full-staff on Inauguration Day.

Although the U.S. flag is at half-staff to mark the death of President Jimmy Carter, California will raise flags for Trump's inauguration

The recent memorial service for President Jimmy Carter reminded me of the time in 2004 that our history and collectors’ club president, Roger, invited me at our annual banquet in