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African-American neurosurgeon, author, and politician Benjamin Solomon Carson Sr. (born 1951) served as the 17th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from 2017 to 2021. He was a candidate for President of the United States in the 2016 Republican primaries. This desktop nameplate is made from black laquered wood with mother of pearl insets. Text in mother of pearl runs across the center of the nameplate that reads "Benjamin S. Carson, Sr., M.D.". The text is bordered by a decorative floral vine in mother of pearl, with two (2) dragons inside the border on the left and right sides of the text.