![]() ![]() ![]() His classmates called him “dummy” and he developed a violent, uncontrollable temper. In fifth grade, Carson was at the bottom of his class. ![]() Benjamin and his brother fell farther and farther behind in school. She worked at two, sometimes three, jobs at a time to provide for her boys. Carson was left to raise Benjamin and his older brother Curtis on her own. When Benjamin Carson was only eight, his parents divorced, and Mrs. His mother, Sonya, had dropped out of school in the third grade, and married when she was only 13. (Courtesy of Johns Hopkins Hospital)īenjamin Carson was born in Detroit, Michigan. SeptemBenjamin Carson’s graduation photo from Southwestern High School, Detroit, Michigan, 1969.
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