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Ali Velshi (velshi@mastodon.world)'s status on Sunday, 05-Jan-2025 06:35:40 JST Ali Velshi

Jimmy Carter biographer Jonathan Alter says Carter would speak with a Black bishop on his front lawn, because his father would not allow him into the house. Carter’s experience growing up in the Jim Crow South shaped his stance on civil rights. #Velshi
https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/-from-tokenism-to-true-diversity-jimmy-carter-s-influence-on-politics-rooted-in-his-small-town-past-228490821656
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  ‘From tokenism to true diversity’: Jimmy Carter’s influence on politics rooted in his small town past
  
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  Jimmy Carter grew up in Archery, Georgia with 20 other families – only two of which were white – according to Carter biographer Jonathan Alter. “In some ways it’s an epic American story,” says Alter. Carter’s childhood experiences in the heavily segregated Jim Crow South informed his strong stance on civil rights. He wanted to get into office to do good, says Alter, “doing in the second half of his life what he did not do in the first half.”

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