Press photographers also were on hand for book signings in 2008 at a Sam’s Club in Durham and in 2009 at the Galleria Walmart Supercenter in Charlotte. Carter returned the following year to ...

Former President Jimmy Carter jokes with WCNC staff in Charlotte while getting makeup applied before a taped interview in January 2009. Carter was in town to sign copies of his book ...

But Carter visited North Carolina many times — for fun, for family, and to campaign for fellow Democrats during and after his time in the White House. Robert Lahser Charlotte Observer file photo ...

elect Josh Stein wrote on X and Bluesky. Former Charlotte Mayor Harvey Gantt (left) works with former President Jimmy Carter (center) in 1987 on building homes in Charlotte for Habitat for Humanity.