How does writer Wes Moore’s mother Joy represent the theme of suffering and endurance and the importance of a support network?

Why do you think Wes Moore continues to think about the other Wes Moore when he goes to Oxford on his Rhodes scholarship?

Discuss the period in which Wes Moore grows up. How is it similar and different to the period in which his parents grew up? In what ways have issues such as poverty and race evolved in America? In what ways are they the same?