Carson grew up poor in inner city Detroit. His single mother was illiterate but saw that the homes where she was a housecleaner all had reading materials and readers. She made her sons read two books a week, write reports and read them to her. It’s all described in his book, “Gifted Hands”
He spoke fo an hour and a half mixing anecdotes with political thought
One story was a bout cereal. as a kid in the projects, they had to be careful that the raisins in the raisin bran were not really roaches. He then said He guessed his colleagues on the Kellogg’s Board might not appreciate that story.