Dr. Ben Carson announces $2.9 million federal grant to study civil rights ‘gateway’
Updated Dec 16, 2020;
Posted Dec 15, 2020
Dr. Ben Carson, U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for the Trump administration, speaks in Linn Park on Dec. 15, 2020, about a federal grant of $2.9 million to study where to put a proposed Global Forum for Freedom and Justice campus in Birmingham. (Photo by Greg Garrison/AL.com)
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Dr. Ben Carson stood in front of Birmingham’s Linn Park Christmas tree on Tuesday morning and announced a $2.9 million federal grant to study the best location for a proposed Global Forum for Freedom and Justice campus in Birmingham that will be a “gateway to the civil rights trail.”