President Jimmy Carter presents the Medal of Freedom here to Coretta Scott King, accepting posthumously for her slain husband, Martin Luther King Jr, for his civil rights work.

President Jimmy Carter played a pivotal role in preserving Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birth home and neighborhood by designating it as a national historic site, now a national park.

ATLANTA — The voice of Martin Luther King Sr., a melodic tenor like his slain son, carried across Madison Square Garden, calming the raucous Democrats who had nominated his friend and fellow ...

FILE – Coretta Scott King, center, widow of Martin Luther King Jr., presents the Martin Luther King Jr. Non-Violent Peace to President Jimmy Carter at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta on ...

WXIA-TV Atlanta. Martin Luther King Jr's children reflect on Jimmy Carter's Civil Rights record. Posted: December 30, 2024 | Last updated: March 7, 2025 ...

Dr. Bernice King, the daughter of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., speaks to FOX 5 Atlanta about the relationship between her father and former President Jimmy Carter. Carter died on Dec. 29, 2024 ...

During the peak of the Civil Rights Movement, as Martin Luther King Jr. worked with President Lyndon Johnson on the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act, Carter was a one-term state senator.