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From the Director: Remembering Jimmy Carter

The Miller Center's director and CEO on the 39th president's importance to the nation—and the Miller Center

How former US president Jimmy Carter transformed US policy toward China

"Carter believed in holding America's allies as accountable as its adversaries for human rights abuses," wrote Professor Robert A Strong of Washington and Lee University.

Barbara Perry

Biden, Carter had decades-long friendship and political partnership

“Carter’s the outsider with little Washington experience. Biden’s the opposite of that. But they both were moderates within the party with some national appeal and able to frame their campaigns by the critique of their predecessors,” said Robert Strong, professor of politics at Washington and Lee University.

Barbara Perry

Life and legacy of Jimmy Carter

Barbara Perry, Professor of Governance at UVA's Miller Center, shares her thoughts on the life and legacy of President Jimmy Carter.

Barbara Perry

President Jimmy Carter's symbolic impact on civil rights

“Jimmy Carter had grown up with African American playmates. His mother was a nurse who delivered African American babies,” said Barbara Perry, Director of Presidential Studies at UVA’s Miller Center.

Barbara Perry

The economic legacy of Jimmy Carter

“Certainly, President Carter has been called ‘the greatest ex-president that the United States ever had,'” said Barbara Perry, director of presidential studies at the Miller Center in Virginia. “Through his outreach through health initiatives and election monitoring, we’d like to think has had an impact on both the world itself, as well as its economy.”

Barbara Perry