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Originally Posted by Ianto.W.
Hi bullseyebarb was Jimmy Carter realy a 'Peanut Farmer' or was it just another degrogatry remark? Was there not a James Earl Ray who was convicted of assasinating Martin Luther King?  |
Not exactly. His father, James Earl Carter, Sr., was a peanut farmer and storekeeper. When Jimmy finished his naval service in 1953, he returned to Plains to take over the family farm because his father had been diagnosed with cancer. However, there was a drought and he didn't do well. He then turned to warehousing and shelling peanuts for other farmers in the vicinity. The business grew and he was quite successful.
Yes, on the MLK question.