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He frequently appeared on the news and provided updates during the Iran hostage crisis.

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In the s, Carter was involved in the Civil Rights Movement , both editorially and in political action. In , he co-chaired the "Loyal Democrats of Mississippi" that replaced Mississippi's previously all-white delegation to the Democratic National Convention , but later criticized the Delta Ministry part of the biracial coalition in his editorials.

In , he worked on Lyndon B. Johnson 's presidential campaign, but Johnson and his vice-presidential choice, U. Senator Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota , received only 13 percent of the vote in Mississippi in the last election held prior to passage of the Voting Rights Act of Carter also worked on the campaign in of Jimmy Carter no relation.

During the Iran hostage crisis in and , Carter regularly appeared on network evening news, [ 1 ] coming into the public eye much more frequently than most of his predecessors and successors. When Ronald Reagan was elected in , Carter left his post in the government and moved into television as a major critic of Reagan's policies. Carter then lectured at universities all over the country and continued to do freelance work for the television and print media.

Carter was married three times: first to Margaret Ainsworth, from until their divorce in , then to Patricia M. Derian , from until her death in , and then to Patricia Ann O'Brien, from until his death.

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On May 11, , Carter died at a retirement home in Chapel Hill, North Carolina , at age 88, following a series of strokes. Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk. Read Edit View history.