Jimmy Carter was the first U.S. president to make a state visit to sub-Saharan Africa, declaring “the day of the so-called ugly American is over.”

Jimmy Carter helped expand democracy around the world long after he left the White House. His efforts gave rise to the Carter Center, which promotes fair elections as a vehicle for peace.

Forthright and fearless, the Nobel Prize winning politician, who died this week aged 100, took pot-shots at former Prime Minister Tony Blair and ex-US President George W Bush among others.

Almost no one outside of Georgia knew who he was, but he saw his opportunity. Editor’s note: Before he died on November 29, Lance Morrow, who covered Jimmy Carter’s presidency for Time in the 1970s, prepared this remembrance for City Journal.

Carter hosted then-Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe at the White House soon after his country achieved independence and later described Zimbabwe’s adoption of democracy as “our greatest single ...

Carter hosted then-Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe at the White House soon after ... Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, left, meets with Nicaraguan presidential candidate Daniel Ortega, of ...

Jimmy Carter Sought to Expand Democracy Worldwide ... Carter hosted then-Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe at the White House soon after his country achieved independence and later described ...

Amid everything else on his desk the Iran hostage crisis, domestic economic turmoil, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and a gruelling 1980 reelection fight President Jimmy Carter elevated the independence of a country in southern Africa as a top agenda item.

Jimmy Carter, the United States’ longest-lived president ... which was about to end during his presidency. His support for Robert Mugabe at the time generated widespread criticism. He was said to have ignored the warnings of many prominent Zimbabweans ...

President Jimmy Carter meets with Zimbabwean Prime Minister Robert Mugabe in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Aug. 27, 1980. Credit: AP/Barry Thumma Even as a candidate ...

Five current and former U.S. presidents have come together for Jimmy Carter’s funeral. They were on their best behavior as they honored one of their own at Washington National Cathedral.

Today’s lawmakers hailed the 39th president, but their predecessors made his four years in office a constant battle and derailed many Carter initiatives.