Jimmy Carter, the thirty ninth president of the US of America and the longest-living American president, handed away on the age of 100 on Sunday.
On account of his age, it wasn’t essentially a shock to many who Carter handed. However his dying did garner some distinctive reactions from Black Twitter as customers remembered one of many nation’s most revered political figures.
Some reacted to the information by relating it to the newest presidential election outcomes, which Carter was lucky sufficient to be alive for.
One person wrote, “Jimmy Carter held on lengthy sufficient to solid his vote for Kamala Harris however didn’t wish to stick round for Trump’s administration.”
Another person commented, “Jimmy Carter disappeared off this earth earlier than Trump got here again to energy and I don’t blame him RIP.”
One other person added, “Jimmy Carter deada** noticed these election outcomes throughout a cognizant second and mentioned ‘I’m f***ing outta right here, good luck yall!’”
Others used Carter’s dying as a chance to acknowledge the issues he did to assist the Black neighborhood through the years, together with his creation of Black Music Month and appointing the primary Black girl in a cupboard.
A Black girl on X wrote, “I needed to cease by to pay respects to President Carter. Y’all know that #BlackMusicMonth is an enormous deal to me, and we owe the nationwide commentary partly to Jimmy. The primary BMM celebration was hosted at Carter White Home in 1979, the place he declared June as Black Music Month.”
Derrick Jonson, the CEO and President of the NAACP, additionally reacted to Carter’s dying on X. “Jimmy Carter not solely championed civil rights as POTUS — the place he set a report for Black appointments, together with the primary Black girl in a cupboard — however he devoted his life to human rights,” Johnson mentioned. “He served all People and embodied true management. #RestInPower, Mr. President.”
Whereas Carter’s relationship with Black individuals was not good, it’s clear that he left a powerful impression on many locally and will likely be missed by hundreds who had been positively affected by his choices.