Name: Dr. Justina Ford: Museum wants to connect with patients of Denver's first African American doctor
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Description: Dr. Justina Ford, the first African-American doctor in Denver, began practicing early in the 1900s, and historians now want to find Coloradans she delivered.

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Black American West Museum seeks people connected to Dr. Justina Ford

They want to gather former patients and people delivered by Denver's first female African-American doctor to make sure her legacy lives on.

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