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Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter surprised onlookers when they left their car and walked down Pennsylvania Avenue during the Inaugural Parade on Jan. 20, 1977.

Oct. 1, 1924:♦ Born James Earl Carter Jr. in Plains, Ga., eldest of Lillian and James Earl Carter’s four children.

1928:♦ The family moves to a farm in Archery, a largely Black community a few miles from Plains. The shotgun-style house had no running water or electricity when they moved in.

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