Morris: Carter was instrumental in promoting health care as a human right
Former President Jimmy Carter cuts a piece of plywood at a Memphis Habitat for Humanity homebuilding site inside the Bearwater Creek development in Uptown in 2015. (The Daily Memphian files)
G. Scott Morris
The Rev. Dr. G. Scott Morris, M.D., is founder of Church Health. He is a regular contributor to The Daily Memphian.
I will remember President Carter as a person of faith who cared deeply about matters of justice and equality.
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