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Port-au-Prince, Haiti,
215

Postal Service, U.S.,
180
–81,
199

Powell, Colin,
215
,
216

Powell, Jody,
99
,
106
,
110
–11,
141
,
175

prayer, in schools,
183
–84

primaries, Democratic,
173
,
201

JC’s strategy for,
110
–14

primaries, Republican,
116

Prince, Mary,
103

Princeton University,
230

privacy violations, homeland security and,
179
–81,
228

Proxmire, William,
151

Puerto Rico, Puerto Ricans,
95

Pulitzer Prize,
227

Pyongyang, North Korea,
188
–89,
215
–16

Quitman County, Ga., voting abuses in,
81
,
83
–86

Rabhan, David,
99
–101

Rabin, Yitzhak,
105
,
152

racial discrimination:

at Annapolis,
33
–34

as campaign issue,
113
–14,
162

in criminal justice system,
101
–4

JC’s opposition to,
22
–23,
33
–34,
41
–42,
44
,
61
,
78
–79,
84
,
85
,
90
–91,
100
,
101
–4,
227
,
229

in mores of the South,
22
–25,
28
,
34
,
61
,
67
–68,
78
–79,
89
–91,
113
,
229

officially ended in military,
59
,
61
,
78

see also
integration; segregation

racism,
67
,
78

accusations of,
100

Rafshoon, Jerry,
106
,
136

Reader’s Digest
,
185

Reagan, Nancy,
233

Reagan, Ronald,
104
,
105
,
116
,
117
,
136
,
143
,
144
–45,
147
–48,
149
,
159
,
161
,
173
,
182
,
184
,
193
,
198
,
199
,
233

JC’s relationship with,
234
,
235

in 1980 election campaign,
201
–2

“Reflection of Beauty in Washington” (Jimmy Carter),
127
–28

religion:

of African-Americans,
22
–23,
183

in foreign relations,
132
–35,
142

James Earl Carter, Sr.’s, commitment to,
66

JC’s commitment to,
2
,
28
,
71
,
77
,
78
–79,
80
,
92
–97,
113
,
132
–35,
156
,
165
,
200
,
227
,
229
,
238

in schools,
24
,
183
–84

segregation in,
22
–23,
28
,
78
,
90
–91

see also
evangelism, evangelicals; missionaries;
specific religions

religious right,
183
–84

renewable energy, JC’s commitment to,
197
–98

Republican party,
127
,
143
,
174
,
182
,
199

in Congress,
137
–38,
144
,
159
–60,
170
,
190
–91

evangelicals in,
184

in Georgia,
28
–29,
85
,
89
,
91
–92,
100

in 1976 election,
117

in 1980 election,
201
–2,
221

Revolutionary War, American South in,
228

Rhodes, John,
137

Rhodesia (Zimbabwe),
140
–42,
161
,
211

Rhodes Scholarship,
42
,
179

Rickover, Hyman,
61
–65,
67
,
190
,
192
–93,
194
,
195

rivers, damming of,
184
–85

Robinson, Mary,
189

Rockefeller, Nelson,
104
,
105
,
116
,
163

Roe v. Wade
,
200

Rolling Stone
,
109

Romania,
150

Romney, Mitt,
182

Ronald Reagan Library Dedication,
233

Roosevelt, Franklin D.,
29
,
41
,
118
,
122
,
201

Roosevelt, Theodore,
121
,
158

“Rosalynn,”(Jimmy Carter),
38
–39

Rosalynn Carter Institute,
223

Running for President, 1976: The Carter Campaign
(Schram),
117

Rusk, Dean,
107

Russell, Richard,
67

Russia,
151
,
192
,
219

see also
Soviet Union

Sadat, Anwar,
130
,
152
–56,
153
,
208

assassination and funeral of,
234

Sagan, Carl,
127

St. Mark AME Church,
23

Sakharov, Andrei,
150

SALT II agreement,
150

Sanders, Carl,
87
–88,
98
–100

San Diego, Calif.,
53
–54

Sanford, Terry,
105

Sarajevo,
217
,
218

Sasakawa, Ryoichi,
211

Sasser, James,
161

Saturn, space probe to,
196

Saudi Arabia,
142
,
161
,
226

Savannah, Ga.,
86

Schenectady, N.Y.,
62
,
63
,
65
,
67

schistosomiasis,
210

Schlafly, Phyllis,
181

Schlesinger, James,
144
,
149
,
190
,
193

Schmidt, Helmut,
146
,
149

Schram, Martin,
117

Sears, Roebuck houses,
5
,
6
,
7

Seawolf
, USS,
63

Secret Service,
125
,
127
,
212

segregation,
91
,
114

of churches,
22
–23,
78
,
90
–91,
99

in housing,
67
–68

of schools,
22
–23,
24
,
28
,
77
–80,
91

“segregation academies,”
184

self-sufficiency, as Carter family value,
8
,
11
–12,
13
,
15
,
16
,
21
–22

Senate, Ga.:

JC’s run for,
80
–87,
82
,
103

JC’s terms in,
87
–92,
94
,
101
,
105
,
111

Senate, U.S.,
112
,
137
–38,
144
,
147
,
150
,
158
–61,
170

JC’s political strategy for,
160
–61

September
11
, 2001, terrorist attacks,
181

Serbia,
214

Bosnia-Herzogovina conflict with,
216
–19

Serkin, Rudolf,
130

Shanghai,
49
,
135
,
168

Shanghai Communiqué,
165

Sharansky, Natan,
150

Sharing Good Times
(Jimmy Carter),
228

Shriver, Sargent,
106

Shultz, George,
235

Simon & Schuster,
228

Singlaub, John,
191
–92

Smith, Ian,
140
,
161

snorkel air intake system,
46
,
55
,
58

sodium, liquid,
63
–64

Solarz, Steve,
139

sonar, on submarines,
55
–56

Sources of Strength
(Jimmy Carter),
227

South Africa,
225
,
236

human rights issues in,
116
,
140
–41

South Carolina,
59

Souther Field (Jimmy Carter Regional Airport),
4

Southern Baptist Convention,
132
–33

South Korea,
129
,
133
–34,
191
–92,
214
,
215
,
225

South Sudan,
190
,
230

Soviet Union,
154
,
187

Afganistan invaded by,
146
,
149
,
151
,
187
,
203

atheism in,
133
,
150
–51

in Cold War,
42
,
55
,
56
,
116
,
117
,
149
–51,
166
,
199
–200

human rights issues in,
146
,
149
–50

Hungary invaded by,
169

space program,
196
–97

Spain,
198

Spanish language, JC’s use of,
95
–96,
157

Spann, Gloria Carter,
28
,
70
,
90
,
207

special interest groups, increasing influence of,
181
–83

spider bite,
212

Springfield, Mass., “pioneer mission” to,
95
–96,
97

Stalin, Joseph,
199

Stapleton, Ruth Carter,
36
,
38
,
70
,
92
,
207

State Department, U.S.,
128
,
130
,
141
,
165
,
172
,
175
,
178
,
187
,
235

“stealth” aircraft,
147
,
149

Stephen, King of Hungary,
169

Stevens, Ted,
170

Stevenson, Adlai,
80

Stevenson, Adlai, III,
114

Strauss, Robert,
108

Streetcar Named Desire, A
(Williams),
51

submarines:

advanced technology of,
55
–59,
61
–65,
193

construction elements of,
45
–46,
55
–56

escape practice on,
43
–44

JC’s military service on,
2
,
43
–65,
100
,
111
,
165
,
191
,
193
,
227
,
237

JC’s thesis on,
58

perils aboard,
47
–48,
52
–53,
58
,
59

in Rockettes’ chorus line,
109

Sudan,
210
,
211
,
214
,
236

Sugar Bowl game,
126
–27

summit meetings,
145
–47

Superfund bill,
202

super PACs,
182

Supreme Court, Ga.,
103
,
144

Supreme Court, U.S.:

on abortion,
200

on campaign contributions,
182

on counsel in criminal cases,
101
,
103

on school integration mandate of,
28
,
78
,
91

on voting issues,
80
,
83
,
87
,
191

Syria:

Jewish immigration from,
139
–40

in Middle East peace initiatives,
152
,
226

Taiwan,
51
,
165
–67

Taliaferro, Will,
5

Talking Peace: A Vision for the Next Generation
(Jimmy Carter),
226

Talmadge, Herman,
160
–61

Tarnoff, Peter,
187

taxation,
105
,
116
,
117
,
182
,
184

teaching, JC’s role in,
2
,
41
,
77
,
80
,
132
,
206
–8,
210
,
225
,
227
,
229
,
230

Teasley, Luke,
83

Tehran, Iran,
171
,
173
,
202

television,
42
,
130

JC’s appearances on,
109
,
110
,
117
,
172

presidential debates on,
117

Thailand,
225

Thomas, Caitlin,
145

Thomas, Dylan,
145
–46

Three Mile Island,
195

Through the Year with Jimmy Carter
(Jimmy Carter),
229

Thurmond, Strom,
59
,
162

timber industry,
70
,
71
,
170
,
204

Time
,
101

Tingoli village, Ghana,
213

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