In 1951, Benjamin Carson was born to Sonya and Robert Carson. He grew up in Detroit, Michigan. Six years later in 1959, Ben's parents divorced and he, his brother Curtis, and his mother moved to Boston, Massachusetts. They lived there for two years and moved back to Detroit in 1961. Ben Carson wasn't always the "smart guy". In fact for a long time he did poorly in school. It wasn't until after Ben failed his eye test in …showed first 75 words of 561 total…

…showed last 75 words of 561 total…Ben Carson performed his most dangerous surgery ever. He would attempt to separate siamese twins who were joined at the back of the head. The surgery took twenty- two hours, but was successful. In 1989 he received the Candle Award from Morehouse University. In 1992 Ben Carson published Think Big and a few years later Gifted Hands. Ben Carson is 47 years old now. He has a wife and three children and still works in Johns Hopkins Hospital.