President Jimmy Carter’s legacy of giving back endures in several nonprofits through which he and his wife, Rosalynn Carter, worked in the almost 50 years after they left the White House.

Jimmy Carter, who died Dec. 29 at the age of 100, spent his life intertwined with America’s and the world’s enduring legacy of slavery.

Former President Jimmy Carter, who died on Dec. 29, 2024, famously taught a Sunday school class at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Georgia.

Perhaps Carter’s most revealing poem, “I Wanted to Share My Father’s World,” concerns the man who never got to see his namesake son’s achievements. He wrote that he despised Earl’s discipline, and swallowed hunger for “just a word of praise.”

Mourners from as far away as Maine and California waited in the freezing cold for the chance to say goodbye to former President Carter.

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The Carters, who long put their faith into action, were in Milwaukee in June 1989 as part of a Habitat for Humanity project building homes. They, along with scores of volunteers, hammered, sawed and painted to construct six homes near North 23rd and West Walnut streets.

Mourners continued to pay their respects to former U.S. President Jimmy Carter at the U.S. Capitol on Thursday.

The post office in Plains, Ga. has been renamed the 'Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Post Office' to honor their years of good works and impact on the small town.

Carter and his wife Rosalynn were advocates for affordable housing. According to Habitat for Humanity, they helped build, renovate, or repair more than 4,447 homes in 14 countries. “Former president Jimmy Carter, he really wanted to see families in affordable housing,” Skipper said.

Mourners from as far away as Maine and California waited in the freezing cold for the chance to say goodbye to former President Carter.