
Two men, same name, radically different fates. Wes Moore's bestseller explores why one became a Rhodes Scholar while the other received life imprisonment. Endorsed by Oprah Winfrey, this haunting meditation on privilege, choice, and community asks: How thin is the line between success and tragedy?
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In 2000, a Rhodes Scholar opened the Baltimore Sun and found his name attached to two wildly different stories-one celebrating his academic achievement, the other detailing a jewelry store robbery that left a police officer dead. This wasn't a mistake. There were actually two Wes Moores: one headed to Oxford, the other to prison for life. The coincidence haunted the successful Wes until he reached out to his imprisoned namesake, initiating a correspondence that would reveal chilling similarities in their early lives. Both grew up fatherless in Baltimore's struggling neighborhoods. Both faced the seductive pull of the streets. Both were Black boys navigating a world that seemed designed to swallow them whole. Yet their destinies diverged dramatically. What made the difference? The answer isn't as simple as good choices versus bad ones. It's far more nuanced, uncomfortable, and ultimately hopeful than that. This story forces us to confront a difficult truth: the line separating success from failure, freedom from incarceration, is often terrifyingly thin.
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Creado por exalumnos de la Universidad de Columbia en San Francisco
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Creado por exalumnos de la Universidad de Columbia en San Francisco

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