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Efforts To Restore A Once Booming Black Community See Renewed Push

Dearfield, Colorado, was a booming Black community a century ago.

Now there’s a renewed push to preserve the ghost town that remains. Colorado Public Radio’s Bente Birkeland has more.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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