- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (3 video files (1 hr., 25 min., 16 sec.)) : sound, color.
- Summary
- Neurosurgeon, politician and author Dr. Benjamin Carson, Sr., was born September 18, 1951, in Detroit, Michigan. He earned his B.A. degree in psychology from Yale University; and, his M.D. from the University of Michigan School of Medicine in 1977. Carson trained at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland, where he completed his internship in general surgery and his residency in neurological surgery. In 1983, he was a senior resident in neurosurgery at Gardiner Hospital in Perth, Australia. In 1984, he was named director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins. Carson performed a landmark surgery, successfully separating infant twins conjoined at the head. Carson was a motivational speaker, and the author of several books including Gifted Hands and Think Big. In 2016, he was a Republican candidate in the 2016 presidential election. President-elect Donald Trump nominated Carson as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. He was confirmed in 2017.
- Alternative Title
- History Makers video oral history with Dr. Benjamin Carson, Sr.
- Dr. Benjamin Carson, Sr.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Internet videos.
- Interviews.
- Nonfiction films.
- Oral histories.
- Credits (note)
- Videographer, Scott Stearns.
- OCLC
- 1000519187
- Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Dr. Benjamin Carson, Sr.
- Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
- Country of Producing Entity
United States naf
- Playing Time
012516
- Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
video file
- Performer
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
- Credits
Videographer, Scott Stearns.
- Event
Recorded Upperco, Maryland 2010 July 12.
- Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
Neurosurgeon Medical Director.
- Added Author
Carson, Ben, interviewee.
Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Stearns, Scott, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.