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Jimmy Carter plans unity conference in Atlanta to fight 'inherent racism'

Former President Jimmy Carter. CURTIS COMPTON / CCOMPTON@AJC.COM Former President Jimmy Carter in a 2014 interview. Curtis Compton, ccompton@ajc.com

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Former President Jimmy Carter. CURTIS COMPTON / CCOMPTON@AJC.COM Former President Jimmy Carter in a 2014 interview. Curtis Compton, ccompton@ajc.com
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May 24, 2016

Former President Jimmy Carter plans to hold a summit in Atlanta this fall to fight what he said was an uptick in racism following President Barack Obama's presidency.

The Georgia Democrat told The New York Times his summit hopes to heal rifts that erupted among Baptist churches in recent years, adding that the nation "has been reawakened the last two or three years to the fact that we haven't resolved the race issue adequately."

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