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1982- Wes' dad died of acute epiglotitis, which the hospital misdiagnosed as something that didn't need medical attention; his body suffocated itself

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1982- Wes' dad died of acute epiglotitis, which the hospital misdiagnosed as something that didn't need medical attention; his body suffocated itself

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"He died on a Friday night. We were told at first that the hospital wouldn't be able to determine the cause of his death until Monday, when they would preform the autopsy."(Moore 15)

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"He died on a Friday night. We were told at first that the hospital wouldn't be able to determine the cause of his death until Monday, when they would preform the autopsy."(Moore 15)

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Wes and his dad are extremely gifted and intelligent, his dad had told him to never punch women. This was one of the two memories Wes had of his father. 

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Wes and his dad are extremely gifted and intelligent, his dad had told him to never punch women. This was one of the two memories Wes had of his father. 

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1984- His mom, Joy, and sister move to New York, the bronx, into his grandparents house because Joy is not doing well with her husbands death

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1984- His mom, Joy, and sister move to New York, the bronx, into his grandparents house because Joy is not doing well with her husbands death

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Wes starts to play basketball and make new friends in this area but soon realizes that his grandparents are even stricter than his mom. 

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Wes starts to play basketball and make new friends in this area but soon realizes that his grandparents are even stricter than his mom. 

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1984-Joy decides to move all her children to a private all white school and Wes becomes friends with Justin, the only other black kid

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1984-Joy decides to move all her children to a private all white school and Wes becomes friends with Justin, the only other black kid

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Wes is struggling to keep up in both his lives in the neighborhood and school and his grades are slipping

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Wes is struggling to keep up in both his lives in the neighborhood and school and his grades are slipping

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1990- Wes and friend Shea got caught by the police for graffiti  but the police give them a second chance and Wes goes back to doing it again

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1990- Wes and friend Shea got caught by the police for graffiti  but the police give them a second chance and Wes goes back to doing it again

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1991- Wes' grades were slipping and he was put on academic probation and to add on Shani started crying because Wes accidentally punched her in the mouth. Joy was furious and slapped Wes across the face and decided that she needed to send him to military school.   

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1991- Wes' grades were slipping and he was put on academic probation and to add on Shani started crying because Wes accidentally punched her in the mouth. Joy was furious and slapped Wes across the face and decided that she needed to send him to military school.   

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A few days after arriving to military school Wes cannot take it and tries to escape many times and also get tricked by his classmates. The principle allows Wes to call his mom but Joy refuses to pick him up. 

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A few days after arriving to military school Wes cannot take it and tries to escape many times and also get tricked by his classmates. The principle allows Wes to call his mom but Joy refuses to pick him up. 

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Wes is now enjoying military school and starts to play basketball for his school and is talking about different colleges he wants to go to.

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Wes is now enjoying military school and starts to play basketball for his school and is talking about different colleges he wants to go to.

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Wes and his friend Dalio travel off campus to get some food and are harassed by a car on their way there. The driver threw things at them and nearly hit them with the car. This makes Wes wonder if he is being ignorant to the outside world from the military school. 

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Wes and his friend Dalio travel off campus to get some food and are harassed by a car on their way there. The driver threw things at them and nearly hit them with the car. This makes Wes wonder if he is being ignorant to the outside world from the military school. 

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1997- Wes has decided that he wants to join the army and attend valley forge junior college. He has an odd flashback that results in him realizing what he wants in life. 

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1997- Wes has decided that he wants to join the army and attend valley forge junior college. He has an odd flashback that results in him realizing what he wants in life. 

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He becomes a paratrooper to complete his prerequisites for becoming a regimental commander-- he was one of the youngest officers in the entire military  

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He becomes a paratrooper to complete his prerequisites for becoming a regimental commander-- he was one of the youngest officers in the entire military  

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1997- Wes has just finished his second internship with the mayor of Baltimore and found out he got accepted to John Hopkins University. He then starts to look for scholarships (Rhodes Scholarship). 

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1997- Wes has just finished his second internship with the mayor of Baltimore and found out he got accepted to John Hopkins University. He then starts to look for scholarships (Rhodes Scholarship). 

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2000-Wes spends a semester in South Africa where he sees a lot of poverty and discrimination and categories life in Baltimore as "Lived like kings"

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2000-Wes spends a semester in South Africa where he sees a lot of poverty and discrimination and categories life in Baltimore as "Lived like kings"

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Wes' host Zinzi is going into manhood and is going to get circumcised with his peers. This is surprising to Wes as they are celebrating going into manhood unlike in Baltimore where manhood was feared. 

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Wes' host Zinzi is going into manhood and is going to get circumcised with his peers. This is surprising to Wes as they are celebrating going into manhood unlike in Baltimore where manhood was feared. 