posted on June 11, 2010 09:10
In 2000, the city of Baltimore was home to two men who shared the same name - Wes Moore - but who were on distinctly different paths. Despite their similar backgrounds, while one Wes Moore made history as first black recipient of the Rhodes scholarship, the other was bound for a life-sentence in prison, without parole.
Nicholas Kristoff writes about their stories and the scholar Wes Moore's new book in an insightful Op-Ed for the New York Times.
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