The HistoryMakers video oral history with Dr. Benjamin Carson, Sr.
| Format | Video (Streaming) |
| Publication | Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]. |
| Description | 1 online resource (3 video files (1 hr., 25 min., 16 sec.)) : sound, color. |
| Supplemental Content | https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2010.075 |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Carson, Ben, interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Crowe, Larry F., interviewer. |
| Other author/creator | Stearns, Scott, director of photography. |
| Other author/creator | HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company. |
| Variant title | History Makers video oral history with Dr. Benjamin Carson, Sr. |
| Portion of title | Dr. Benjamin Carson, Sr. |
| Abstract | 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. |
| Credits | Videographer, Scott Stearns. |
| Performer | Larry Crowe, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Upperco, Maryland 2010 July 12. |
| Source of description | Vendor-supplied metadata. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Interviews. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Stock number | A2010.075 HistoryMakers |