Published: October 01, 2021
California governor apologizes for city’s seizure of first west coast resort for Black people, which almost certainly would have made heirs millionaires
A beachfront property seized from a Black family in southern California nearly a century ago will be returned to the family’s descendants, in a move hailed as a milestone in the fight for reparations and the return of lands stolen from people of color.
In 1912 Willa and Charles Bruce bought land in Manhattan Beach, a Los Angeles seaside suburb, turning it into a thriving resort run for and by Black residents despite harassment and violence from white neighbors.
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