How Jimmy Won: on Civil Rights


Established Martin Luther King Day in Georgia

Carter proclaimed January 15, 1973, Martin Luther King Day, to honor the slain black leader. An above the advice of some of his closest aides he hung King’s portrait in the state capitol. He had taken a stand against prejudice in his own community of Plains in 1965 when he and his own family were the only one sto stand up and be counted in a vote for the admission of blacks to his church. For that, he was boycotted, his children were beaten, and their cars were pelted with stones.
Source: How Jimmy Won, by Kandy Stroud, p. 12 Jan 1, 1977

  • The above quotations are from How Jimmy Won, by Kandy Stroud.
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2012 Presidential contenders on Civil Rights:
  Democrats:
Pres.Barack Obama(IL)
V.P.Joe Biden(DE)

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Gov.Mitt Romney(MA)
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Green: Dr.Jill Stein(MA)
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