Jimmy Carter National Historic Site presidential campaign, now serves as a museum focusing on the 1976 Presidential Campaign and Election. It features exhibits which highlight Jimmy Carter's campaign for President. The train depot operated from 1888 until 1951, when all public transportation to and from the area ceased. The current home of the Carters, while currently not open to the public, is technically a part of the National Historic Site. The Carters have lived in the home since 1961. During his presidency, it was used as his Summer White House. Jimmy Carter National Historic Site The Jimmy Carter National Historic Site, located in Plains, Georgia,
Jimmy Carter were a heartfelt priority for Carter. He expanded the number of black state employees, judges, and board members. He hired Rita Jackson Samuels, a black woman, to advise him on potential appointments. He placed portraits of Martin Luther King Jr. and two other prominent black Georgians in the capitol building, even as the Ku Klux Klan picketed the unveiling ceremony. During a televised joint appearance with Governor of Florida Reubin Askew on January 31, 1973, Carter stated he favored a constitutional amendment to ban busing for the purpose of expediting integration in schools. Still, Carter tried to keep his conservative