Sheinelle Jones
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
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And my grandfather ended up being this huge part of our lives.
And my grandmother ran for the school board and they were just this huge force.
And when he died, she didn't want to go.
She was like, no, not going.
And then somebody said, go get Chanel.
I went in there and I looked at her and I'm like,
At his service, we were like holding on to each other.
And even when Uche passed, she hadn't been on a plane 20 years, but she was there.
And there's the picture I have, the last picture.
Oh my God, it is the last picture.
I didn't realize that until right now.
The last picture I have of the two of us, she was wiping my face.
Come on.
Get it together, you got this?
She started a huge choir.
It's called ARISE.
It stands for African Americans Renewing Interests in Spirituals Ensemble.
Oh, you're going to get me doing the ugly cry.
Thanks.
And that he has the whole world in his hands.