Heather Cox Richardson adds some telling details that highlight the contrast between Carter and Maddox:
"[CarterтАЩs] predecessor, Maddox, had refused to let state workers take the day off to attend services for the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.тАЩs funeral; Carter pointedly hung a portrait of King тАУ as well as portraits of educator Lucy Craft Laney and Georgia politician and minister Henry McNeal Turner тАУ in the State Capitol."
Thank you for tales I did not know. Terrific writing!
Heather Cox Richardson adds some telling details that highlight the contrast between Carter and Maddox:
"[CarterтАЩs] predecessor, Maddox, had refused to let state workers take the day off to attend services for the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.тАЩs funeral; Carter pointedly hung a portrait of King тАУ as well as portraits of educator Lucy Craft Laney and Georgia politician and minister Henry McNeal Turner тАУ in the State Capitol."
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-29-2024
Thank you, I appreciate it!