Joseph Westbrook

Biography

Joseph Henry Parson Westbrook (February 20, 1878 – September 23, 1939) was a businessman, community leader, and civil-rights activist in Denver, Colorado. An African American physician and dentist who had moved to Denver from Hernando, Mississippi, Westbrook became an influential member of the city's Black community. He was also associated with the development of Dearfield, Colorado, an African American agricultural settlement in Weld County, Colorado.

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