California Seized Land From a Black Family 98 Years Ago. Officials Just Voted to Return It.
Bruce's Beach was a thriving resort community for Black families when the state took the land under the guise of eminent domain in 1924. It will now return to the Bruce family.
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By Curtis Bunn, NBC News Ninety-eight years after California officials seized prime oceanfront land from a Black family that had built a thriving community there, a Los Angeles County commission voted Tuesday to return the property to the original owners’ family. The descendants of Willa and Charles Bruce, who purchased the land for $1,225 in […]