President Jimmy Carter

The history of one of the earliest industries in the United States is bottled in a museum in downtown Ballston Spa.

Americans bid their final farewells to former President Jimmy Carter as funeral services concluded this week. The 39th president died at age 100 on December 29th, 2024. Services that followed, from Georgia to Washington, highlighted Carter’s life, his presidency and what he accomplished after it alongside the former First Lady, the late Rosalynn Carter. Also remembering Carter is the president's former Chief of Protocol, Evan Dobelle. Dobelle is a former mayor of Pittsfield and Westfield State University president, who spoke with WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief James Paleologopoulos about his time at the White House, Carter’s legacy and how the public’s perception of the Carter years has changed.

Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States, died Sunday, December 29 at the age of 100. The Carter Center announced he died in his hometown of Plains, Georgia.Carter was president from 1977 to 1981, but he was perhaps more famous for the life he led after leaving office. Carter was one of the biggest advocates for peace, democracy and international human rights.This special, Jimmy Carter: A Life, features Joe Donahue's archival interviews with President Carter, Walter Mondale, historians Kai Bird and Jonathan Alter, and more.

A newly restored monument honoring former President Jimmy Carter was recently unveiled in Rotterdam.

Kai Bird is an award-winning historian and journalist. Executive Director of the Leon Levy Center for Biography, he is the acclaimed author of biographies of John J. McCloy and of McGeorge and William Bundy. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography for "American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer" (co-authored with Martin J. Sherwin).His new book is "The Outlier: The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter."

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Former President Jimmy Carter spoke about his latest book, which touches on the issue of gender equality, at Yale University Tuesday afternoon.President…