Bruce's Beach returned to black owners
Los Angeles county officials have returned ownership of prime California beachfront property to descendants of a Black couple who ran a resort for African Americans in the 1920s until the local government seized their land.
The LA board of supervisors unanimously approved the transfer of the parcels in area once known as Bruce鈥檚 Beach 鈥� after original owners, Willa and Charles Bruce who bought the land for $1,225 in 1912. It is now worth an estimated $20m.
The return of the land to the couples descendants is the result of a lengthy campaign. Kavon Ward is the Founder of Justice for Bruce鈥檚 Beach and Where Is My Land, an organisation that supports descendants in their efforts to reclaim stolen land. She told Newsday that the Bruce鈥檚 story was not unique: 鈥淭his is an epidemic that has happened all across this country from the west coast to the east coast.鈥�
(Picture: An aerial view of Bruce's Beach, Manhattan Beach, California. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images)
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