Chip Carter, III, 23 June 2008.

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Chip Carter, III, 23 June 2008.

Carter, James Earl, 1950

Short, Bob, 1932

2008-06-23

Carter discusses growing up in the tight-knit community of Plains, Georgia, observing his father's protestations of racism, and his memories of his father's family including siblings Ruth, Walter, and Gloria. He further talks about his personal and political relationship with his father, including Chip's assistance in his father's campaigns for 14th Congressional District, the multiple Gubernatorial campaigns, and the campaign for President. Carter speaks of the integration of his high school, Plains High School, which occurred without violence. He attributes this, in part, due to his father's influence in the community, including teaching Sunday school for many years. Other topics include Presidential campaign strategy during his father's 1976 campaign. Carter lists his father's supporters in Washington, D.C. such as Hamilton Jordan, Bob Strauss, Bert Lance, Jack Watson, Charlie Kirbo, David Gambrell, and (questionably) Griffin Bell. He speaks of how the Iran hostage crisis influenced his father's career. Carter also discusses the ease of dating in the White House, his relationship with Secret Service agents, and his time working for the Carter Center in Sudan.

James Earl "Chip" Carter III was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, on April 12, 1950. He was raised in Plains, Georgia, and is the son of President Jimmy Carter. He was active in his father's peanut business and political campaigns, and was a member of the Plains City Council and the Democratic National Committee. In 2000, Carter became president of Friendship Force, an international exchange program founded by the Carters in 1977.

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Interviewed by Bob Short.

Emory University--Carter Center

Presidents--United States--Family

Political campaigns--Georgia

Political campaigns--United States

School integration--Georgia--Plains

Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981

Secret service--United States

Families

Political campaigns

Presidents--Family

School integration

Secret service

Plains (Ga.)--History

Georgia

Georgia--Plains

United States

Digital Library of Georgia

English

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http://purl.libs.uga.edu/russell/RBRL220ROGP-036/ohms

6/23/08

Digital Library of Georgia

Emory University--Carter Center

Presidents--United States--Family

Political campaigns--Georgia

Political campaigns--United States

School integration--Georgia--Plains

Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981

Secret service--United States

Families

Political campaigns

Presidents--Family

School integration

Secret service

Plains (Ga.)--History

Georgia

Georgia--Plains

United States