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.

As a legislator, governor, president and ex-president, he confronted the prejudices that were so much a part of where and when he grew up. His life and deeds hold many lessons for today’s public officials.

Jimmy Carter spent his life intertwined with America’s and the world’s enduring legacy of slavery. His approach revealed a dualism in Carter that pitted his personal ambitions and political pragmatism

Born less than five years apart in Georgia, the late President Jimmy Carter and Martin Luther King Jr. both came up during the civil rights movement, rising to the top of American politics to be remembered as statesmen of their time. And despite having ...

FILE - Dr. Martin Luther King Sr., Rosalynn Carter, President Jimmy Carter, Coretta Scott King, Christine Parris King, sister of the late Dr. King, and U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young sing during a ...

Lauren Betts had 24 points, nine rebounds and a school-record nine blocks to help No. 1 UCLA beat 25th-ranked Baylor 72-57 on Monday in the inaugural Coretta Scott King Classic. The doubleheader that also featured No.

Ranked seventh and ninth in the USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll, Texas and Maryland met as part of the inaugural Coretta Scott King Classic.

Taking a break from SEC play, the Texas Longhorns headed up north to play Maryland in the inaugural Coretta Scott King Classic in Newark, NJ. Facing the No. 8 M

Madison Booker scored 28 points and No. 7 Texas routed eighth-ranked Maryland 89-51 on Monday in the inaugural Coretta Scott King Classic.

Madison Booker poured in 28 points on 13-of-19 shooting, guiding No. 7 Texas to an 89-51 blowout of No. 8 Maryland at the Coretta Scott King Classic on Monday in

Erin Achenbach is the Lead Women’s Sports Editor at ClutchPoints, championing women’s sports coverage and media representation. The St. Louis native graduated from the University of Missouri’s School of Journalism and has covered community news the last five years.

Coretta Scott King, Andrew Young, and other civil rights leaders saw Carter as someone who could carry the movement ... Over four decades, he and his wife Rosalynn partnered with Habitat for Humanity, building thousands of homes for needy families.