Westley Watende Omari Moore (born October 15, 1978) is an American politician, businessman, author, and veteran, serving as the 63rd governor of Maryland since 2023. Moore was born in Maryland and raised primarily in New York.

The other Wes Moore went on to getting into the street life, by selling drugs and gang violence and becoming a teen father at the time. While Wes went on the graduate military school and receive things such as the Rhodes scholarship, White house fellow, entrepreneur and …

Nov 2, 2012 · A dozen years ago, Wes Moore’s hometown paper, the Baltimore Sun, carried an article about him becoming the first African-American graduate of Johns Hopkins to be named a Rhodes scholar ...

Oct 8, 2024 · Wes Moore—the other Wes Moore—vividly describes how the culture of the streets provides a kind of surrogate education for young men growing up in the ghetto. The mean streets of Baltimore are...

ABOUT | Two Baltimore boys named Wes Moore were born in the same neighborhood less than a year apart. One grows up to be a Rhodes Scholar, decorated veteran and White House Fellow. The other becomes a convicted murderer serving a life sentence.

Feb 14, 2023 · Moore is wearing a tie but no jacket, his bald head gleaming under the fluorescent lights. In a few days, the 44-year-old will be sworn in as Maryland’s first Black governor—the third elected in...

Dec 12, 2012 · Wes Moore, a 2001 graduate of Johns Hopkins and author of the bestselling book "The Other Wes Moore," is featured in a wide-ranging profile on The Baltimore Sun's website that touches on his recent move to Baltimore, his work in the community, and the forthcoming release of a feature film based on his book.

Wes appears regularly as a commentator on NBC News. He lives in his hometown of Baltimore with his wife and two children. Wes Moore is the 63rd Governor of the state of Maryland. He is Maryland’s first Black Governor in the state’s 246-year history, and is just the third African American elected Governor in the history of the United States.

Apr 5, 2014 · In the chapter "Surrounded," both Wes Moores experience a life-changing experience. For the first Wes, it is the moment he is convicted to life in prison after being accused of killing a policeman.

Oct 8, 2024 · The narrator, Wes Moore, lived in various locations throughout his life. He spent his early childhood on the Maryland-Washington, DC border, then moved to the Bronx with his family after his ...