SPAN, former President Jimmy Carter gave a moment of levity on the future of The Carter Center upon his passing.

A steady stream of people stopped by the Carter Center to pay their respects to the only president from Georgia.

Nearly 44 years after Jimmy Carter left the nation's capital in humbling defeat, the 39th president returns to Washington for three days of state funeral rites starting on Tuesday. Carter’s remains, which have been lying in repose at the Carter Presidential Center since Saturday,

The late US President Jimmy Carter’s human rights legacy includes his role long after leaving office in 1981. His partnership with Human Rights Watch and many other nongovernmental organizations helped achieve important advances in international law,

"The two of them together changed the world," he said, overcome with emotion. James "Chip" Carter speaks during a service for former President Jimmy Carter at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum in Atlanta,

P resident Jimmy Carter was a prescient president. Our first great champion of human rights in the White House, President Carter under

Jimmy Carter lies in repose at The Carter Center Live from the Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia, where former U.S. President Jimmy Carter lies in repose from Saturday through Tuesday, with the public able to pay respects around the clock.

The public has just a few more hours to pay their final respects to former President Jimmy Carter at The Carter Presidential Center in Atlanta. Hundreds have already taken advantage of the opportunity.

Carter's funeral is set for Thursday, with his final resting place in Plains, Georgia, where he was born.