It was a life that took him from peanut farming to the presidency. While former President Jimmy Carter ’s time in the White House only lasted one term, the decades afterward were defined by humanitarian work that affected people all around the world.

Founding the Carter Center with his wife, Rosalynn, he became a global champion for democracy, human rights and public health. And he still took time to teach Sunday school at Maranatha Baptist Church in Georgia.

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