Three months after entering end-of-life care at home, former President Jimmy Carter remains in good spirits.
. Young said the setting - in one of the most racially and ethnically diverse suburban swaths in America - reflected the former president's broader legacy as someone who pursued peace, conflict resolution and racial equity.was renamed in 1976 - the year he was elected president - the small towns and bedroom communities on the edge of metropolitan Atlanta were only beginning to boom.
As governor and president, Carter believed "that the world can come to Georgia and show everybody how to live together," Young said. Nicole Love Hendrickson, elected in 2020 as the first Black chair of the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners, praised Carter as "a man with an exceptional regard for the humanity of others."As a devout Christian, former President Carter's faith and commitment to peace drove his decision-making in office and the more than 40 years since.
"I told him, ‘you know, it took them over 50 years to appreciate President Lincoln. It may take that long to appreciate you,'" Young said. Still, when Jason Carter addressed his grandparents' admirers Tuesday, he argued against thinking about them like global celebrities.
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