MCN - February 2, 2009

With Black History Month upon us, TNT’s latest “Johnson & Johnson Spotlight Presentation” original movie, Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story, does a very good job of spotlighting an unsung African-American hero. The inspirational movie stars Academy Award-winning actor Cuba Gooding Jr.

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