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☆ Jimmy Carter's single term in office was a springboard for Black women in politics
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-30 | by ( Donna M. Owens | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

“But women of color were not getting certain opportunities.”Her efforts helped place the first Black women in professional and technical roles at major corporations such as General Motors, Coca-Cola, Xerox and Delta Air Lines. Years later, during the Clinton administration, Herman returned to the department — this time as the country’s first Black labor secretary. From judgeships to Cabinet-level appointments, Black women broke ground in Carter’s administration. “There is not one single initiative related to women’s rights that did not have its foundation in the Carter administration,” Herman said. Under Carter — whom Black voters overwhelmingly supported in the 1976 presidential race, a contest they were credited with helping him win — Black women were catapulted into key posts.

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☆ I worked alongside former US President Jimmy Carter for 30 years. Here's what he was like as a mentor.
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-29 | by ( ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

I wanted to be part of something life-changingI was drawn to The Carter Center after moving to Atlanta in 1987. President Jimmy Carter and Karin Ryan shown during a 1990 Carter-Menil Human Rights Prize selection committee meeting. President Carter once dropped into my office asking why I hadn't sent him any cases recently. AdvertisementIn the wake of his peacemaking efforts in North Korea, Bosnia, and Haiti in 1994, we organized a closed-door discussion with U.S.-based human rights leaders critical of his engagements with human rights violators. AdvertisementAs a Cold War president, Carter walked a tightrope of managing relationships with world leaders while speaking out against human rights abuses.

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