Research Guides: Pirate Read 2014: The Other Wes Moore: Reviews, Videos, Guides, and Other Resources

Book Reviews

These sites contain questions to spur thought about the book and its topics.

The following videos, speeches, and interviews bring Wes' story and call to engagement to life beyond the written pages of the book.

Interview on The Colbert Report (4:58)
June 21, 2010
Official Promotional Video 1 (3:55)
Official Promotional Video 2 (1:59)
PBS Newshour Call to Action (7:45)
Becoming Wes Moore, from the Oprah Winfrey Show (2:25)
[Video montage of his childhood]. April 27, 2010.
Video on the Importance of Early Childhood Education (2:38)
Speech about Housing (15:44)
2012 Champions of Housing Award Ceremony. New Neighborhoods, Inc., Stamford, CT . May 2012. For more information, visit http://www.nnistamford.org/events-12COH.htm.
Speech to Brooklyn Public Library (32:33)
Brooklyn Public Library, New York. February 19, 2011.
Lecture to Google employees (50:38)
Google's Santa Monica, CA offices. May 26, 2010.
A Conversation with Wes Moore and Michel Martin (1:25:59)
The American Constitution Society for Law and Policy, the Center for American Progress, and the Open Society Foundations. Jul 18, 2011.

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