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Jimmy Carter Library and Museum

The Jimmy Carter Library and Museum is the only presidential library located in the Southeast. The facility features author lectures, educational programs, a full-size replica of the Oval Office and the Nobel Peace Prize. The presidential archives is a repository of approximately 27 million pages of Jimmy Carter's White House material, papers of administration associates, including documents, memoranda, correspondence, etc. There are also 1/2 million photographs, and hundreds of hours film, audio and video tape.

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Integrity: Life Lessons from the Nixon White House

Thu, Oct 11, 2007

Egil Bud Krogh discuses his new book *Integrity: Life Lessons from the Nixon White House*. Jimmy Carter Library and Georgia Center for the Book copresent the former Nixon White House staffer with responsibilities for District of Columbia governmental affairs, narcotics control policy, law enforcement and transportation policy. In his book, Krogh, one of the "president's men" in the Watergate era, recalls how he lost his way and destroyed his life under the pressure of politics and power, offering insight about what integrity and success really mean.

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Vicente Fox: Dreams of a Mexican President

Mon, Nov 12, 2007

Vicente Fox discusses his new book *Revolution of Hope: The Life, Faith, and Dreams of a Mexican President*. Jimmy Carter LIbrary and Georgia Center for the Book copresent the former President of Mexico Vicente Fox. Fox catalogs his many personal and professional achievements both during and following his tenure as Mexico's leader.

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt: His Public and Private Lives

Mon, Oct 15, 2007

Jean Edward Smith explores the arc of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's intertwined political and private lives. The Jimmy Carter Library and Georgia Center for the Book copresent Jean Edward Smith discussing his new book about Franklin Delano Roosevelt's complex and compelling life. Smith draws on the papers of the Roosevelt Presidential Library as well as Columbia University's oral history collection and other repositories.

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Richard Pare: The Lost Vanguard

Wed, Apr 15, 2009

Richard Pare, photographer, discusses his photography of Soviet modernist architecture constructed in the years immediately after the revolution, from 1922 to 1932. He covers how the Stalinist regime put an end to one of the most innovative experiments in the history of architecture. Currently at Lumiere, this collection has been on exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, as well as in Russia and Greece. This event is hosted by the Jimmy Carter Library.

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Restoring Human Rights

Wed, Dec 3, 2008

Karin Ryan, Carter Center human rights director, moderates a panel discussion on new US human rights policies. Panelists include former President Jimmy Carter, Egyptian human rights defender Saad Ibrahim, Executive Director of Amnesty International USA Larry Cox, and Chairperson of the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission Sima Samar.

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Never Again, Again, Again...

Tue, Oct 6, 2009

Lane Montgomery discusses her photographic essay with text on the six major genocides of the 20th and 21st centuries: Armenia, the Holocaust, Cambodia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Rwanda and Darfur. Her *Never Again, Again, Again...: Genocide: Armenia, The Holocaust, Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia, Darfur* includes text from Terry George, Richard Hovannisian, and Ambassador James Rosenthal.

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The Carters on The Carter Center

Tue, Sep 23, 2008

Jimmy Carter, former US President, and his wife, Rosalynn, discuss current initiatives at The Carter Center and their recent activities. Carter Center CEO John Hardman moderates.

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Andrew Young and Kabir Sehgal: Civil Rights and the Journey Ahead

Mon, Nov 1, 2010

A top aide to Martin Luther King, Jr., and one of history's most important civil rights leaders, Andrew Young has been a witness to history and made his own. For years, he has been mentoring his godson, Kabir Sehgal, in correspondence and conversation. Young and Sehgal discuss their new book, *Walk in My Shoes: Conversations between a Civil Rights Legend and his Godson on the Journey Ahead*. They share their thoughts on civil rights, race, faith, love, and leadership. Ted Turner is the host for event.

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Salman Rushdie: Luka and the Fire of Life

Thu, Nov 18, 2010

One of the great storytellers of our time, Salman Rushdie, talks about his new book, *Luka and the Fire of Life*. This novel is a follow up to his modern classic, *Haroun and the Sea of Stories*. The new novel centers on Luka, Haroun’s younger brother, who must save his father from certain doom.

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Governor Jeb Bush: Investing in the Future (Part 1)

Tue, Nov 16, 2010

During his tenure as Florida's governor, Jeb Bush supported efforts to diversify his state's economy, develop biotechnology and improve the education system using monetary incentives. ASU President Michael Crow moderates this panel discussion featuring Governor Bush, Bill Harris of Science Foundation Arizona and Sue Clark Johnson of ASU's Morrison Institute for Public Policy. Topics discussed include economic development and education within the context of a better future for Arizona.

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