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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.

http://www.jimmycarterlibrary.org/

  • Troublesome Young Men: Rebels Who Helped Save England

    Tue, Jun 5, 2007
    Former White House Correspondent Lynne Olson reads from her new, highly acclaimed book *Troublesome Young Men: The Rebels Who Brought Churchill to Power and Helped Save England*.
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  • Bearing Witness: Captivity, Protest, and Survival II

    Thu, Mar 22, 2007
    Murray Lynn shares stories of his ordeal and survival through WWII Auschwitz concentration camp. Dr. Catherine Lewis, Kennesaw State University, moderates. This lecture is copresented by The Jimmy Carter Library and Breman Jewish Heritage Museum.
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  • Stephen Carter: New England White

    Fri, Jul 27, 2007
    Stephen Carter discusses his new novel *New England White*. The Jimmy Carter Library and Georgia Center for the Book copresent this appearance by Carter, author of *The Emperor of Ocean Park* and one of America's most distinguished African American intellectuals. His new novel is a complex mystery set in a prestigious college. Carter is a legal scholar at Yale University and the author of *God's Name in Vain: The Wrongs and Rights of Religion in Politics*, *The Culture of Disbelief*, and *Reflections of an Affirmative Action Baby*.
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  • Heralding Freedom: The Gulag and Human Rights Today

    Wed, Dec 12, 2007
    The Jimmy Carter Library presents a panel discussion of Heralding Freedom: a discussion of the Gulag, the American Civil Rights Movement, and human rights. The Soviet Gulag prison system imprisoned millions of innocent people during its infamous history. A panel of human rights leaders discuss its impact on Russia and the world today, as well as offering comparisons to the American civil rights movement. Former US President Jimmy Carter and former US Ambassador Andrew Young discuss the suppression of political and religious dissidents in the former Soviet Union, the US civil rights movement, and the current work of The Carter Center on human rights. The event coincides with Human Rights Day and the opening of a special exhibit at the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic site called *Gulag: Soviet Prison Camps and Their Legacy*. This event is cosponsored by the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic site.
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  • Blessed Unrest: The Environmental Movement

    Wed, May 23, 2007
    Writer and environmentalist Paul Hawken discusses his new book, *Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Movement in the World Came into Being and Why No One Saw It Coming*, which explores the diversity of the environmental movement, its ideas, strategies, and hidden history, going back many centuries. This event is co-sponsored by the Jimmy Carter Library, A Cappella Books, and the Sustainability Initiative at Emory University
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  • Celebrating 25 Years of The Carter Center

    Tue, Sep 18, 2007
    Carter Center co-founders Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter discuss current peace and health initiatives at the humanitarian organization and reflect on past accomplishments. Moderated by Carter Center CEO Dr. John Hardman.
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