The Spirit of '76

Description

Jimmy Carter's biographer and one of his big-name appointees on the most misunderstood president in history.

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Speakers

Jonathan Alter

Author and Columnist for The Daily Beast

Alter is a columnist for The Daily Beast, an analyst for MSNBC and co-host of “Alter Family Politics,” a weekly family talk show on Sirius XM. Previously, he worked at Newsweek for 28 years as a senior editor and columnist. Alter is the author of three New York Times bestsellers. His most recent book “His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, a Life” was published in 2020.

Andrew Young

Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations

Young was appointed as a U.S. ambassador to the United Nations in 1977 under former President Jimmy Carter. Previously, he was a key strategist and negotiator during civil rights campaigns that led to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Young also served in the U.S. House from 1973 to 1977 and was the mayor of Atlanta for eight years.

Moderator

Mark Updegrove

President & CEO of the LBJ Foundation

Updegrove serves as president and CEO of the LBJ Foundation and is a presidential historian for ABC News. He previously served as director of the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library, where he hosted the library’s 2014 Civil Rights Summit featuring former Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter. Updegrove has authored four books on the presidency, including his most recent publication, “The Last Republicans.”