“This land should have never been taken from the Bruce family over 90 years ago. Gavin Newsom has authorized the return of property known as Bruce’s Beach to the descendants of a Black couple that had been run out of Manhattan Beach almost a century ago. Many called the area Bruce’s Beach. When racism failed to drive this Black beach community out of town, city officials in 1924 condemned the neighborhood and seized more than two dozen properties through eminent domain. Almost a century ago, the city of Manhattan Beach seized the properties that make up the park known today as Bruce’s Beach.

Source: Los Angeles Times June 24, 2022 04:52 UTC