Youth advocate and best-selling author Wes Moore will be the 2014 speaker in the Thomas and Marla Corts Distinguished Author Series at Samford University on March 17 at 7 p.m. in Wright Center.
Moore is an Army veteran, social entrepreneur and host of “Beyond Belief” on the Oprah Winfrey Network. His first book, “The Other Wes Moore,” which contrasts Moore’s life with that of a man who shared his name but made bad choices, became a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller.
The story chronicles how two kids with the same name in the same city made different choices that resulted in one being a Rhodes Scholar, decorated combat veteran, White House Fellow and business leader, and the other serving a life sentence in prison for felony murder. A young adult version of the book, “Discovering Wes Moore,” was published in 2012.
Moore’s talk at Samford will focus on the importance of education and how small choices can make big differences in life.
For more information, call 205-726-2853.
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