By Ralph E. Moore Jr.Special to the AFRO Annapolitan Caldwell McMillan Jr, aka Shajid, is very proud of roots traceable to his Juneteenth ancestors, specifically his mother’s side of the family—Sylvia Ross McMillan. President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863. Two years later on June 19, 1865 word finally got to […]
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