#  Shae O. Omonijo 

 

 



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 Shae O. Omonijo is a multidisciplinary scholar and doctoral candidate in the Department of History at Harvard University. In 2017, she co-commissioned the first public monument to honor a black woman in the history of Chicago. She received her A.B. in Political Science with Honors and a Minor in Human Rights from the University of Chicago.

 Project: [Black Women’s Monuments: Site Visits to NYC, Chicago & Washington, DC](/black-women%E2%80%99s-monuments-site-visits-nyc-chicago-washington-dc)



 

 

 





 

 

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