Jimmy Carter, Who Died Today, Visited Lakeland During 1980 Presidential Campaign

Carrie Oldham, Lakeland’s first Black female mayor, considered former President Jimmy Carter a man of “high integrity,” who had the “utmost moral character.” It’s the reason she invited him to Lakeland in the final sprint of his 1980 reelection campaign. She had attended a…

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