[1][2] Carter later completed additional graduate studies at Columbia University and the Union Theological Seminary in New York City.
[1] In 1971, Carter sought the Republican nomination for New Jersey State Senator, running At-Large in Essex County.
His running mates were three incumbent Senators, Michael Giuliano, James Wallwork, and Milton Waldor, as well as North Caldwell Republican Chairman Frederic Remington.
[1] In 1979, Carter oversaw the opening of the Erie Lackawanna Apartments, a low income housing complex spearheaded by local residents and the Union Baptist Church.
[1] The 126-unit apartment complex was subsidized with funding from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Professionally, Carter also held positions as the assistant director of the YMCA publishing house, based in New York City, and the Department of Community Affairs of Hoffmann-La Roche.
His daughter, Bettye Freeman, who was formerly a Massachusetts assistant attorney general for civil rights, is a dean of students at Northeastern University School of Law, and married to artist, Robert T.