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Over the four decades since Jimmy Carter left the White House to return to his hometown of Plains, Georgia-the unassuming farming town of 700 people nestled inside the quiet spaciousness of Southwest Georgia-millions of people from around the world of every race, culture and creed have made the pilgrimage to Plains for an extraordinary glimpse into the simple life of America's longest-living President and former First Lady. Anchored in America's storied deep south, Plains perimeters major civil rights conflicts of the 1950's and 60's, where long-upheld segregationist platforms isolated and abused integrationist stands. Just a few decades ago, the town occupied national headlines as Plains Baptist Church refused to allow Black people membership on the grounds that they would not be admitted into Heaven. Even President Carter's own parents, Earl Carter, Sr. and Lillian Carter, held starkly opposing views on race relations while raising the future leader of the free world, a position Cart
