John Brown Bell

Biography

John Brown Bell (December 1858 – November 4, 1917), also known as J. B. Bell, was an American businessman, real estate investor, civil servant, and civic leader in Houston, Texas. In his early life he was enslaved, and eventually owned a grocery store, which turned into real estate investments in rental houses. He leased the former home of Emmett Jay Scott in Houston, and as a form a charity he converted it in to a modern hospital and clinic for African Americans during the Jim Crow era.

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