Typed, unsigned speech with handwritten corrections read by Carter during his 1976
presidential bid in a predominantly black part of Los Angeles County.
Typed speech unsigned, with handwritten corrections in black and blue ink. 8 pages, 8½x11.
This speech was read during Carter's 1976 presidential run at Martin Luther King
Jr./Drew Medical Center, now Martin Luther King Jr.-Harbor Hospital. The hospital is
located an unincorporated part of Los Angeles County near the Watts neighborhood, site of the
Watts Riots of 1965, and the city of Compton, which had one of the highest concentrations of
blacks - over 90 percent - in the United States at the time. Needless to say,
Carter focused
on race relations in this speech, specifically the impact of the civil rights movement.
Carter and his running mate Walter Mondale ran against Republican
candidates Gerald Ford,
the incumbent, and Bob Dole, in 1976. Ford been appointed president in 1974 after the
resignations of president Richard Nixon during Watergate and vice president Spiro Agnew and
was the first person appointed president under the 25th amendment, which had been ratified
less than 10 years earlier.
He had served less than two years as president when the
Democratic National Convention was held.
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