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FILE - This 2003 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows mature, oval-shaped monkeypox virions, left, and spherical immature virions, right, obtained from a sample of human skin associated with the 2003 prairie dog outbreak. Africa’s public health agency says it doesn’t know how many of the continent's reported monkeypox cases this year are in men who have sex with men, and it warned Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022 against “any stigmatization” that might delay case reporting and affect the outbreak response. (Cynthia S. Goldsmith, Russell Regner/CDC via AP, File)

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First Lady Rosalynn Carter, though a constant presence at her husband side, has blazed her own trail through her advocacy for causes such as mental health, refugee welfare, immunizations, voting rights, caregivers and housing, to name just a few. Here are photos from an amazing life that has taken her from Plains, Ga., through the governor's mansion and White House, and around the world. This portrait was taken in the White House in 1979. (Karl H. Schumacher / White House Photographer)

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Georgia State University graduates celebrate after receiving their diplomas on Wednesday, May 4, 2022. Guest columnist Walter M. Kimbrough says the new Georgia Degrees Pay website oversimplifies the payoff students get from campuses in the state, especially the outcomes for students of color. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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Atlanta Dream guard Asia “AD” Durr dribbles the ball during a July 15 game against the Connecticut Sun at The Gateway Center in College Park. The WNBA is working toward pay equity with a new bargaining agreement and a substantial investment in marketing and branding. (Jason Getz / Jason.Getz@ajc.com)

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Students attend Professor Nasrolah Farokhi’s Introduction to Social Science class at Morris Brown on Monday, August 15, 2022. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

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Angelina Jolie dropped off her daughter Zahara (second from left) at Spelman College in downtown Atlanta this week. In this photo, Shiloh Jolie-Pitt (from left), Zahara Jolie-Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Vivienne Jolie-Pitt, Maddox Jolie-Pitt and Knox Jolie-Pitt pose for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film "Eternals" on Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2021, in London. (Photo by Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP)

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Angelina Jolie drops daughter off at Spelman College
A scrapbook contains media clippings from 1946 documenting the Moore's Ford which is believed to be the last mass lynching in the country. Stephanie Calabrese felt a responsibility to tell the story of the killings in Monroe and how the tragedy has impacted the town and its people. Image credit: Stephanie Calabrese

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American novelist, writer, playwright, poet, essayist and civil rights activist James Baldwin poses at his home in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, southern France, on November 6, 1979. (Ralph Gatti/AFP/Getty Images/TNS)

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Dr. Natasha Travis and Eva King, members of the Atlanta chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc., confer with each other at the sorority's Covid-19 vaccination drive-thru at West Mitchell CME Church in Vine City on Feb. 19, 2022. Dr. Travis is the chair of the chapter's Covid-19 response committee. The sorority is celebrating 100 years in 2022.

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