Jimmy Carter, what he has left us

The 39th president of the United States, Jimmy Carter, spent his life contributing toward human rights. In 1982, Carter founded a democracy and human rights center after his name at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. While teaching at Emory University, Carter also worked hand in hand with Habitat for Humanity International, a global nonprofit housing organization for the homeless, to provide housing for underprivileged people. Furthermore, one of Carter’s most known accomplishments, which he was recognized with a Nobel Peace Prize, was his contribution to stopping North Korea from starting a Nuclear war. Kim Il-Sung, president of North Korea at the time, decided to withdraw from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, threatening the world with intentions to use nuclear weapons. Carter requested President Bill Clinton get permission to be sent to North Korea, which was ultimately accepted. Eventually, after hours of negotiating a peaceful resolution to the nuclear crisis between North Korea and the United States, he forged a deal where North Korea would stop threatening nuclear war.

However, in 2015, Carter was diagnosed with a type of skin cancer, metastatic melanoma. Carter went through surgery to remove this cancer and claimed he had fully recovered. However, two years before his death, Carter was put back in hospital care. After his last appearance at his wife’s (Rosalynn Carter) funeral, Carter passed away on Dec. 24, 2024, at the age of 100.