One of the world’s most complex regions hosted the humble Southerner’s biggest triumph and most stinging defeat, as seen on front pages of The Washington Post.

Palestine Peace Not Apartheid. The title was Jimmy Carter’s idea. Peace talks were nonexistent, Israel showed no sign of ending its control over the lives of millions of Palestinians ...

Hear an excerpt from an interview where former President Jimmy Carter addressed criticism of his 2006 book about the Israeli/Palestinian conflict titled "Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid."

Jewish groups are mourning Jimmy Carter, the former president and broker of Israel’s peace deal with Egypt who died Dec. 29 at 100.

Following the passing of Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States, on Dec. 29, President Joe Biden declared Thursday, Jan. 9, as a National Day of Mourning to honor his legacy.

Harris highlighted Carter’s accomplishments during his time in office, including his appointment of more Black judges to the federal bench “than all of his predecessors combined” and the 1978 Camp David Accords between Israel and Egypt.

In 1994, Bill Clinton was in office in the midst of a standoff with North Korea over the communist country's nuclear program. The U.S. was floating the idea of sanctions – and even considered a preemptive strike on North Korea's nuclear facilities to destroy their capabilities.

Early in his presidency, in May 1977, then-President Jimmy Carter gave a commencement speech at the University of Notre Dame that outlined a new approach to America’s role in the world: Carter said human rights should be a “fundamental tenet of our foreign policy.

"Jimmy Carter’s legacy is best measured in lives changed ... "His significant role in achieving the peace agreement between Egypt and Israel will remain etched in the annals of history, and his humanitarian work exemplifies a lofty standard of love ...

Jan. 9, is a National Day of Mourning to honor former President Jimmy Carter's legacy. See what will be open or closed.

With the most powerful Arab army withdrawn, no other Arab army, including Syria’s, was in a military position to invade Israel.