Jimmy Carter Presidential Library

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On the new @USNatArchives and @archivesfdn website LettersToThePresidents.org, you can find over 80 letters sent to Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter from our collection, including this mailgram from Mayor Maynard Jackson regarding human rights abuses in South Africa! #America250

"From Maine to Californ-i-ay/hello Jimmy, Jimmy Carter/that's what the people say!" 🎶 This folk-pop ditty was written by Dr. Herman Silvers, who also wrote similar campaign songs for Lyndon B. Johnson and Ronald Reagan. Original 45 record in our collection. #Carter50

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"Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that." This quote in the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial comes from "Strength to Love" - a collection of Dr. King's sermons published in the summer of 1963. #WashingtonDC

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Gerald Ford 🇺🇸 lost to Jimmy Carter 🇺🇸 with people walking around dressed like this on his behalf. This will forever be one of America’s greatest unsolved mysteries #POTUS 😂 @Ford_Library @CarterLibrary

On closing night of the Convention, Walter Mondale was selected as Carter's running mate. They gave their respective acceptance speeches, and the Convention adjourned after a benediction from Martin Luther King, Sr. All images and schedule from our collection. #Carter50

Maxine Reese, manager of the Carter campaign in Plains, served as one of GA's alternate delegates at the Democratic National Convention in 1976. Some items she was likely provided include badges, a guide to NYC, and the Presidential roll call form, as shown here. #Carter50

On 7/14/76, Amy and Jason Carter were at the Americana Hotel, oblivious to the broadcast of the Presidential roll call. Their father and grandfather, Jimmy Carter, officially became the nominee with 74.42% of votes cast. Photos by Rosalind Solomon from our collection. #Carter50

As someone who was famously not content with sitting around and waiting, Rosalynn Carter went campaigning in Central Park with Amy and campaign staff in tow before the Convention on 7/14/1976. Photos courtesy of Columbus Ledger-Enquirer found in our collection. #Carter50

On Night 2 of the Convention, speakers included Mayor Moon Landrieu of New Orleans, Senator George McGovern (SD), and Senator Hubert Humphrey (MN). All three men would visit and collaborate with Carter during his Presidential term. Schedule from our collection. #Carter50

During the Democratic National Convention, the GA Democratic Party presented Jimmy Carter with a glass statuette of a donkey kicking its hind legs, created by Georgia artist Hans Godo Frabel. You can view the statuette in our recreated Oval Office on the Resolute Desk! #Carter50

#OTD 1976, Rep. Barbara Jordan gave possibly one of the best speeches ever given at a pol. convention: "We are attempting to fulfill our national purpose, to create and sustain a society in which all of us are equal." Watch an excerpt here: short.do/eXxkcy #Carter50

At 8:00 PM on 7/12/1976 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, the 1976 Democratic National Convention commenced. There would be 3,008 delegates from all U.S. states and territories. Photos courtesy of the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer found in our collection. #Carter50

The Carter Family were becoming more nationally recognized during the campaign, but their visit to NYC during the Democratic National Convention was primed for a media focus unlike anything before. Photos courtesy of the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer from our collection. #Carter50

On 07/10/1976, Jimmy, Rosalynn, and Amy Carter landed in New York City for the Democratic National Convention a couple of days early for rallies, meetings, and press. Lisa Barlow's 07/10/1976 photographs and schedule from our collection. #Carter50

Jimmy and Rosalynn were married on 7/7/46, exactly 80 years ago today. A marriage that lasted 77 years, until her death, the longest presidential marriage in American history. One that showed the world what true love and partnership looked like, and still inspires people today.

For their celebration of the Bicentennial, Jimmy, Rosalynn, & Amy Carter visited Westville, a living history site depicting Georgia in 1850. Img no. 1: Ken Hawkins (Time Magazine), imgs 2-3 courtesy of the Georgia Archives, media schedule from our archive. #Carter50 #America250

"America's birth opened a new chapter in mankind's history," Jimmy Carter said 7/15/76, "Ours was the first nation to dedicate itself clearly to basic moral and philosophical principles...that all people are created equal..." A Happy 250 Years of that new chapter! #America250

The Declaration of Independence also inspired people from lands abroad to embrace and fight for its listed unalienable rights during the Revolutionary War. This medal depicts George Washington and soldiers from Poland, Andrzej Kosciuszko and Casimir Pulaski. #America250