Jimmy Carter's life intersected with slavery's legacy. His record on Civil Rights is complicated FILE - Dr. Martin Luther King Sr., Rosalynn Carter, President Jimmy Carter, Coretta Scott King, Christine Parris King, sister of the late Dr. King, and U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young sing during a reception honoring friends of the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Social Change in Washington, on Oct. 3, 1978. (AP Photo/Barry Thumma, File)
FILE - Animals graze on former President Jimmy Carter's boyhood home and farm, now a National Parks site, outside Plains, Ga., on Feb. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Bill Barrow, File)
FILE - Jimmy Carter's boyhood farm is seen on Dec. 30, 2024, in Archery, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)
FILE - Coretta Scott King, widow of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., speaks at an unveiling of a portrait of Martin Luther King by artist George Mandus on Feb. 18, 1974, while Gov. Jimmy Carter, right, looks on. (AP Photo/File)
FILE - State Sen. Jimmy Carter, without tie, holds a serious conversation with his campaign workers in Atlanta on Sept. 9, 1970. (AP Photo, File)
FILE - Democratic presidential candidate Jimmy Carter and Rep. Barbara Jordan, D-Texas, wave at the Democratic National Convention in New York's Madison Square Garden where Jordan gave a speech on July 12, 1976. (AP Photo)
FILE - Coretta Scott King, center, widow of Martin Luther King Jr., presents the Martin Luther King Jr. Nonviolent Peace Prize to President Jimmy Carter at the Ebenezer Baptist Church on Jan. 14, 1979, in Atlanta. First lady Rosalynn Carter stands with them at the podium. (AP Photo/Jim Wells, File)
FILE - A girl holds a portrait of U.S. President Jimmy Carter in a market in Lagos, Nigeria, on March 31, 1978, the day of his arrival for a state visit. (AP Photo/Dieter Endlicher, File)
FILE - Vice President Kamala Harris delivers a eulogy for former President Jimmy Carter as he lies in state during a ceremony in the Capitol on Jan. 7, 2025, in Washington. (Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post via AP, Pool, File)
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FILE - Dr. Martin Luther King Sr., Rosalynn Carter, President Jimmy Carter, Coretta Scott King, Christine Parris King, sister of the late Dr. King, and U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young sing during a reception honoring friends of the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Social Change in Washington, on Oct. 3, 1978. (AP Photo/Barry Thumma, File)