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Jimmy Carter: Success and Failure--Michael Kazin


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Jimmy Carter is widely regarded as a failed president, despite the fact that he promoted human rights around the world, granted amnesty to Vietnam era draft resisters, and was a dedicated opponent of racism who enforced the Voting Rights Act.  Only one woman sat on a federal court when Carter entered the White House, but by the time he left, he had appointed 40 more—including Ruth Bader Ginsburg.  Historian Michael Kazin analyzes what went wrong with Carter’s presidency.

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