Full Bio — Jimmy Carter Enters Politics

All Of It with Alison Stewart | Jan 16, 2021

For the second episode of our Full Bio installment on Jimmy Carter, Jonathan Alter looks at Pres. Carter’s time at the US Naval Academy and in the Navy, his early political career in Georgia, and his stance on the Civil Rights Movement. Alter’s biography is called His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, A Life. 

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