ANNAPOLIS, Md. — With Black History Month underway, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore is being spotlighted in a big way.
He will be on BET's "America In Black" during the show's second season. The show is a monthly newsmagazine series that features interviews, celebrity profiles, and in-depth investigative reporting focused on important stories that are shaping Black America. The show has featured Vice President Kamala Harris, LL Cool J, Taraji P. Henson, and Michael B. Jordan.
Moore made history in 2023 when he was sworn in to become the first Black governor of Maryland. But decades before taking office his life was impacted when he met another young man with the exact same name.
Their conversations became the bestselling novel: "The Other Wes Moore." It's a book that put Moore on the map and would shape how he now governs.
When asked what are the lessons of the two wildly different stories told in the book, he said, "The difference between our life and someone else's life is really thin and we should be careful on judgment."
In addition, he says the two vastly different stories show that America is still a very much divided place.
"It's not just divided in terms of conclusion, it's divided in terms of pathways," Gov. Moore said. "Unfortunately, still in our society, opportunity is very miserly and it's very arbitrary. And that's the piece that I think we still have got to fix as a society."
The episode that will feature Gov. Moore, as well as Victoria Monét and Keith Lee, will air on Tuesday, Feb. 20 on BET at 10:30 p.m. It can also be watched on Paramount Plus and CBS News streaming.
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