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In this Nov. 21, 2017, photo, University of Chicago students Asya Akca, left, and Shae Omonijo stand next to a plaque honoring Georgiana Rose Simpson in the Reynolds Club, the university’s student center in Chicago. Simpson went on to become one of the first black women in the country to graduate with a doctorate, records show. The statue of Simpson will be unveiled on Nov. 28, 2017. (Zbigniew Bzdak/Chicago Tribune via AP)

In this Nov. 21, 2017, photo, University of Chicago students Asya Akca, left, and Shae Omonijo stand next to a plaque honoring Georgiana Rose Simpson in the Reynolds Club, the university’s student center in Chicago. Simpson went on to become one of the first black women in the country to graduate with a doctorate, records show. The statue of Simpson will be unveiled on Nov. 28, 2017. (Zbigniew Bzdak/Chicago Tribune via AP)

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