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Wes Moore: “My grandfather, who I mentioned before, he was a minister up…”

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Maryland Governor Wes Moore Tells His Life Story (Full Interview)

Published | Video Starts at 08:48

I mean, that was a really difficult time for her, and she struggled a lot, understandably so. And finally one day she called up her parents, my grandparents, who were living up in the Bronx. My grandfather, who I mentioned before, he was a minister up in the South Bronx. And my mother was. My grandmother was a schoolteacher for about 40 years. She's a schoolteacher in the Bronx. (08:48–08:53)

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