Ben Carson: References & Edit History

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: CBS News - Five things to know about Ben Carson. Sep 18, 2026
Add new Web site: CBS News - Five things to know about Ben Carson. Sep 18, 2026
Anniversary information added. Sep 14, 2026
Add new Web site: PBS News - Ben Carson talks 'all lives matter,' immigration reform. Aug 18, 2025
Add new Web site: NPR - 5 Things You Should Know About Ben Carson. Jul 11, 2025
Add new Web site: CNN Politics - A tale of two Ben Carsons. May 16, 2025
Add new Web site: BBC News - Who is Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson? Mar 21, 2025
Add new Web site: NPR - Dr. Ben Carson: Health Care Is 'Upside-Down'. Feb 03, 2025
Add new Web site: Premiere Speakers Bureau - Dr. Ben Carson. Sep 13, 2024
Add new Web site: Premiere Speakers Bureau - Dr. Ben Carson. Sep 13, 2024
First paragraph modernization. May 03, 2024
Add new Web site: The Washington Post - The story of the surgery that made Ben Carson famous ? and its complicated aftermath. Apr 19, 2024
Add new Web site: The MY HERO Project - Ben Carson. Dec 27, 2023
Add new Web site: Black History in America - Biography of Benjamin S. Carson. May 23, 2023
Add new Web site: Carson Scholars Fund - Ben Carson. Nov 28, 2022
Add new Web site: Famous African Americans - Biography of Ben Carson. Aug 07, 2022
Add new Web site: African American Registry - Biography of Ben Carson. Sep 14, 2021
Closed out his term as secretary of housing and urban development. Jan 20, 2021
Noted that he tested positive for coronavirus. Nov 12, 2020
Noted that he was appointed to the government's coronavirus task force. Aug 24, 2020
Add new Web site: The HistoryMakers - Biography of Benjamin Carson. May 30, 2019
Add new Web site: BlackPast - Benjamin S. Carson (1951- ). May 30, 2019
Added information about his first two years as secretary of HUD and noted that he would likely leave the post at the end of Pres. Donald Trump's term in 2021. Mar 06, 2019
Add new Web site: The History of African Americans at John Hopkins University - Biography of Ben Carson. Nov 21, 2018
Noted that he was confirmed as secretary of HUD and took office. Mar 03, 2017
Noted that he was selected by President-elect Donald Trump to serve as secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Dec 06, 2016
Added that he suspended his presidential campaign. Mar 07, 2016
Noted the publication of A More Perfect Union: What We the People Can Do to Reclaim Our Constitutional Liberties. Oct 08, 2015
Added photograph. Aug 06, 2015
Added information about his political career. May 13, 2015
Add new Web site: Academy of Achievement - Biography of Benjamin S. Carson. Sep 19, 2013
Media added. Aug 25, 2011
New article added. Jan 27, 2011
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