The former president continues to enjoy peanut butter ice cream, his preferred flavor, in keeping with his roots as a peanut farmer.
As governor and president, Carter believed "that the world can come to Georgia and show everybody how to live together," Young said.Nicole Love Hendrickson, elected in 2020 as the first Black chair of the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners, praised Carter as "a man with an exceptional regard for the humanity of others."
"I told him, 'you know, it took them over 50 years to appreciate President Lincoln. It may take that long to appreciate you,'" Young said. Still, when Jason Carter addressed his grandparents' admirers Tuesday, he argued against thinking about them like global celebrities.
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