Clarence Page: Jimmy Carter’s funeral brought a rare and much-needed vision of peace
Yes, as a young reporter in that newsroom, I remember Jimmy Carter as a former peanut farmer from Plains, Georgia, and a former Navy nuclear submariner with a 100-watt smile and high ambitions. Carter was on his marathon quest for national recognition as he built a campaign that truly came from the grassroots at a time when a successful presidential run by a Southerner had not succeeded since Lyndon B.