Jimmy+Carter

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 * __Jimmy Carter's Life:__** Jimmy Carter was born October 1st, 1924 in Georgia. He went to Plains Public Schools and he attended two colleges, Georgia Southwestern College and the Georgia Institute of Technology. He was in the Navy and he was a submariner. In 1946 he married Rosalynn Smith. [[image:http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/media_content/m-953_thumb.jpg align="left" caption="Courtesy of the Carter Center" link="javascript:newWindow('/nge/Multimedia.jsp?id=m-953',550,440,'no','no','no','no','no','no','yes')"]]When his father died he took over the Carter farms. Jimmy Carter served one term as the Governer of Georgia, from 1971-1975. In the election of 1966 he ran for governor, but failed and promised he would run again and win in the upcoming election, which is what he did. He gained votes and attention by stating "The time for racial discrimination is over." In 1974 he announced his candidacy for becoming the new President. In November 1976, Carter beats Ford in the election and becomes the next president of the United States. Jimmy Carter was also the first and only Georgian to be elected for the President of the United States. He only served one term, from 1977-1981, after being beat in the presidential election of 1980. Jimmy Carter currently is living in Plains, Georgia with his wife most of the time. When not in Plains, Carter and Rosalynn stay in an apartment while doing business at the Carter Center.=====

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 * __Jimmy's Writing:__** Jimmy Carter is the author of seventeen books and many speeches. Jimmy published one book during his presidency, //Why Not the Best?.// Jimmy even co-wrote one with his wife, Rosalynn. He hass written many different varities of books, including poetry and children's books. Carter has written an autobiography, //Living Faith.// In 2006 Carter was allowed into the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame. He even won a Grammy for his book //Our Endagered Values//. In 2007 he published three books about his postpresidential career and the accomplishments of the Carter Center, a non profit organization created by Jimmy and his wife to help improve life for people in different countries. After his presidential career, Jimmy wrote about his childhood, politics and even poetry. Jimmy believes that his books and novels reach out to both yound and older people.Jimmy makes it a point in his books to be informative and be forthright about his political philosophy. to be rewarded for his writing achievements, in 2002 Carter was awarded the Nobel Prize. His achievements and thoughts have conrtibuted to history, politics and society.=====

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__**A Conclusion:**__ Jimmy Carter was the first president from Georgia. He wrote many books during his life, and he still is. Most of them are about politics, campains and his presidency. He also found time to co-write childrens books and others with his wife, Rosalynn. After his presidency he created the Carter Center, which was a program to help people around the world improve their lives. Jimmy accomoplished so many things in so little time. He joined the Navy, became the Governor of Georgia, wrote many novels and poems and became one of the Presidents of the United States all in one lifetime. His accompolisments have changed history, politics and society now and for years to come.=====

[|Carter Center] [|Rosalynn Carter] [|Jimmy Carter's 2002 Nobel Prize]
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Sources:__** http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-676&hl=y http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carter_Center http://nobelprize.org/nobl_prizes/peace/laureates/2002/carter-bio.html http://www.nps.gov/jica/faqs.htm http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/carter/timeline/index.html http://www.bookreporter.com/authors/au-carter-jimmy.asp http://www.libs.uga.edu/gawriters/carter.html