Discovering Wes Moore
By Wes Moore
Chasing Wes Moore
The beginning of his story.
His mother, traumatized and broken decided to move to the Bronx with her mother when Wes was only six.
The Riverdale country school
Wes's life at the Riverdale Country School
The Riverdale School is a very fine private school that was the exact opposite of the public schools in the Bronx. It was a college campus, mowed lawns and nice uniforms. To afford the school Wes's mother had to work night and day. At Riverdale Wes was the jokester, the rebel, he skipped classes to hang out with his "Crew." Wes's mother finally saw his grades and figured out what he was doing and laid down the hammer, military school.
The next step in Wes's life
The other Wes
The Orignal Wes Visited Wes as weird as that sounds. The original Wes begins to understand Wes's life and they begin more and more to understand each other.
The prisoner, Wes, was 3 years older than the soldier Wes.
Drug Dealing in secrecy
Turning life around
It seemed that everything was going well for Wes. This was not true. He was working all the time to feed and clothe his kids. He had to pay for his own kids, his mother, and Tonys kids. Wes went for help to the thing he knew best, dealing.
Destroying his life
He was sentenced to life in prison. No parole
Military
A photo of Wes in his ceremonial Military outfit
His other book
Wes's other book about this story.
Wes's popularity
Wes had an interview with Oprah because of his influential books.
Why this person impacted me.
I think just a bit more of what the consequences of my actions might be.