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Black Doctor Works From the Grave

Dr. Justina Ford was the first African American female doctor west of the Mississippi, and decades after her death visitors feel her presence at the Black America West Museum. Ford was like family to her patients, and her medical expertise is sought from her grave. Get details from CNN.

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