>> when i came into the governor's mansion, one of the first things i did in the governor's office in the capitol building was to hang martin luther king jr.'s portrait there, because he had won the nobel peace prize. >> he was the only georgian to become the recipient of the nobel peace award. where as a reverend dr. king was a man who placed the welfare of his fellow man above his own and assumed the burden of a country that rendered the inequities and experiences of the black man and poor man of whatever color. ♪ oh georgia oh georgia ♪ >> jimmy carter was a leader in civil rights. he was part of this transitional generation of southern governors that were just absolutely magnificent. >> the greatest thing that ever happened to the south was the passage of the civil rights act and the granting to our minority groups of a chance to vote, to hold a job, to buy a home, to be