Jimmy Carter was the first U.S. president to make a state visit to sub-Saharan Africa, declaring “the day of the so-called ugly American is over.”

Jimmy Carter helped expand democracy around the world long after he left the White House. His efforts gave rise to the Carter Center, which promotes fair elections as a vehicle for peace.

President Jimmy Carter meets with Zimbabwean Prime Minister Robert Mugabe in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Aug. 27, 1980. Credit: AP/Barry Thumma Even as a candidate ...

Carter hosted then-Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe at the White House soon after his country achieved independence and later described Zimbabwe’s adoption of democracy as “our greatest single ...

Carter welcomed Zimbabwe’s independence just four years later, hosting new Prime Minister Robert Mugabe at the White ... The think tank Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter founded in 1982 played a key ...

Jimmy Carter helped expand democracy around the ... Carter hosted then-Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe at the White House soon after his country achieved independence and later described ...

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Carter hosted then-Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe at the White House soon after ... Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, left, meets with Nicaraguan presidential candidate Daniel Ortega, of ...

Spread This NewsBy Pamela Tremont, U.S. Ambassador to Zimbabwe U.S. President Jimmy Carter’s commitment to health, human rights, and peace worldwide will feature during his funeral proceedings in Washington,

Today’s lawmakers hailed the 39th president, but their predecessors made his four years in office a constant battle and derailed many Carter initiatives.

Follow live coverage of the state funeral of the 39th US president Jimmy Carter in Washington following his death at the age of 100.

Inside Washington National Cathedral, the five men who've occupied the Oval Office since 1993 convened for a rare moment together at Jimmy Carter’s state funeral.