Carter Center

Latest Stories

People wait in line ahead of a "Jimmy Carter 100: A Celebration in Song," concert at the Fox Theatre, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024, in Atlanta. Former President Carter turns 100-years old on Oct. 1. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

As Jimmy Carter nears his 100th birthday, a musical gala celebrates the ‘rock-and-roll president’

By Bill Barrow - Associated Press

In this Sept. 30, 2018, file photo former President Jimmy Carter and Rosalynn Carter are seen ahead of an NFL football game between the Atlanta Falcons and the Cincinnati Bengals in Atlanta. Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter have been best friends and life mates for nearly 80 years. Now with the former first lady's death at age 96, the former president must adjust to life without the woman who he credits as his equal partner in everything he accomplished in politics and as a global humanitarian after their White House years. (AP Photo/John Amis, File)

Rosalynn and Jimmy Carter were not only a global power couple but also best friends and life mates

By Bill Barrow - Associated Press

Former first lady Rosalynn Carter discusses the Institute of Medicine report, "Crossing the Quality Chasm: Adaptation to Mental Health and Addictive Disorders," during the 21st annual Rosalynn Carter Symposium on Mental Health Policy at the Carter Center, Nov. 3, 2005, in Atlanta. Health care experts say the advocacy of Carter, who died Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023, at age 96, created a framework for much of the progress on mental illness in America. (AP Photo/Ric Feld, File)

Rosalynn Carter’s advocacy for mental health was rooted in compassion and perseverance

By Holly Ramer - Associated Press

Former President Jimmy Carter reacts as his wife Rosalynn Carter speaks during a reception to celebrate their 75th wedding anniversary Saturday, July 10, 2021, in Plains, Ga.. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, Pool, File)

Jimmy Carter to celebrate 98 with family, friends, baseball

By Bill Barrow - Associated Press

Guinea worm closer to eradication as cases halve in a year

By CARLEY PETESCH and ALEX SANZ - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 17, 2019 file photo, former President Jimmy Carter and Rosalynn Carter talk about the future of The Carter Center and their global work during a town hall in Atlanta. As the country barrels toward one of the most contentious elections in American history, already dripping with tension about the whole voting process, the Atlanta-based Carter Center is taking the unprecedented step to get involved in U.S. elections. (Branden Camp/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

Carter Center moves voter protection efforts to the US

By ERNIE SUGGS and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 3, 2019, file photo, former President Jimmy Carter teaches Sunday school at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Ga. Sunday school teacher Kim Fuller makes a point during class and the old man sitting on the front pew raises his eyebrows quizzically. That old man is her uncle, former president Jimmy Carter and Fuller's unique challenge is to serve as his substitute in the class he usually teaches himself. Fuller is the eldest daughter of Carter’s late brother Billy Carter, and she has served as the regular replacement for the world’s best-known Sunday school teacher since Carter underwent brain surgery in November. (AP Photo/John Amis, File)

Jimmy Carter: Privileged, powerful must fight racial biases

By RUSS BYNUM - Associated Press

Carter Center chooses US AID leader as its new executive

Associated Press

In this Nov. 3, 2019, file photo, former President Jimmy Carter teaches Sunday school at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Ga. (AP Photo/John Amis, File)

Jimmy Carter ‘feeling better’ after latest hospitalization

By CODY JACKSON - Associated Press

$In this Sept. 18, 2019, file photo former President Jimmy Carter acknowledges a student who's question has been picked for him to answer during an annual Carter Town Hall held at Emory University in Atlanta. Carter has been hospitalized after a fall at his home in Plains, Ga. A statement from The Carter Center says Carter suffered &quot;a minor pelvic fracture&quot; on Monday, Oct. 21 but remains in good spirits and looks forward to recovering at home. (AP Photo/John Amis, File)$

Jimmy Carter hospitalized after fall at Georgia home

Associated Press

In this Sept. 18, 2018, file photo, former President Jimmy Carter answers questions from students during his annual town hall with Emory University freshman in the campus gym in Atlanta. Carter turns 95 on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, File)

Former President Jimmy Carter celebrates 95th birthday

By Bill Barrow - Associated Press

In this June 9, 2019 file photo, former President Jimmy Carter smiles as he returns to Maranatha Baptist Church to teach Sunday School, less than a month after falling and breaking his hip, in Plains Ga. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, File) **FILE**

Jimmy Carter: Investigations would find ‘Trump didn’t actually win’ 2016 election

By Bailey Vogt - The Washington Times

In this Sept. 18, 2018, photo, former President Jimmy Carter speaks during a news conference, in Plains, Ga. A spokeswoman says former U.S. President Jimmy Carter says he has broken his hip. She said that Carter underwent surgery at a medical center in Americus, Ga. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) **FILE**

Jimmy Carter resting ‘comfortably’ after breaking hip in fall

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Oct. 4, 2017, photo, a woman points to two scars on her leg where two Guinea worms emerged, in Terekeka, South Sudan. South Sudan's health ministry says the country has gone 15 months without a single reported case of Guinea worm disease, suggesting a major victory for global health officials trying to eliminate the debilitating affliction. (AP Photo/Mariah Quesada, File)

Guinea worm disease transmission stopped in South Sudan

By BEN NADLER - Associated Press

Former President Jimmy Carter, right, sits with his wife, Rosalynn, as they wait to pose for photos with guests at Maranatha Baptist Church, Sunday, Dec. 13, 2015, in Plains, Ga. A recent MRI showing no cancer on Jimmy Carter's brain is "very positive" news for the former president but will not end his medical treatment, doctors said. Carter, 91, announced last Sunday that doctors found no evidence of the four lesions discovered on his brain this summer and no signs of new cancer growth. (AP Photo/Branden Camp)

Rosalynn Carter recovering from surgery in Atlanta

By Alex Sanz - Associated Press

Jimmy Carter: ‘Baseless’ claims of rigged vote cause harm

Associated Press

Former President Jimmy Carter talks about his cancer diagnosis during a news conference at The Carter Center in Atlanta on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2015. Carter announced that his cancer is on four small spots on his brain and he will immediately begin radiation treatment, saying he is "at ease with whatever comes." (AP Photo/Phil Skinner)

Jimmy Carter to undergo radiation for cancer on his brain

By Kathleen Foody - Associated Press

FILE -- In this Wednesday, May 23, 2012 file photo, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, center, observes the election process inside a polling station in the Sayeda Aisha neighborhood of Cairo, Egypt. Carter is warning Egypt that its transition to democracy after years of political turmoil is faltering ahead of presidential elections planned for later this month, in a statement Friday, May 16, 2014. His Carter Center won’t be sending observers for Egypt’s May 26-27 election, which many believe retired Field Marshal Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi handily will win following the overthrow of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi last year that he led. (AP Photo/Thomas Hartwell, File )

Former US President Carter ‘concerned’ over Egypt

By MARIAM RIZK - Associated Press

Jimmy Carter vs. guinea worm: Sudan is last battle

By MAGGIE FICK - Associated Press