Wendell Pierce was born in New Orleans and is an actor and Tony Award-winning producer. He starred in all five seasons of the acclaimed HBO drama
The Wire and was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for the role. He also starred in the HBO series
Treme and has appeared in many feature films including
Selma,
Ray,
Waiting to Exhale and
Hackers. Since Hurricane Katrina, Pierce has been helping to rebuild the flood-ravaged Pontchartrain Park neighborhood in New Orleans.
Rod Dreher has been a writer, columnist and critic for a variety of publications, including
National Review,
The Wall Street Journal, and
the Dallas Morning News. He is the author of
Crunchy Cons and
The Little Way of Ruthie Leming.
