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In the early 1900s, Willa and Charles Bruce were among a wave of Black Americans who had migrated to California from across the country. The entrepreneurs owned two plots of oceanfront property in what is now the Los Angeles suburb of Manhattan Beach, where they opened a resort known as Bruce s Beach. It was among the first oceanfront properties that was owned by and serviced Black residents. This was an opportunity for a leisure business to provide services to African Americans who wanted to come to the beach, said Dr. Alison Rose Jefferson, a historian who has spent years researching the history of Black Americans in California beach towns. They would be less harassed in this area because there was this African American business that could provide them with, you know, something to drink, or a place to change their clothes.
California Beach Seized in 1924 From a Black Family Could Be Returned
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On a recent morning, Duane Yellow Feather Shepard, 69, sat on a grassy hill overlooking the Pacific Ocean, steps away from one of southern Californiaâs most pristine beaches.
To visitors from around the world, itâs an idyllic stretch of coastline and a prime surfing spot. To Shepard, itâs the site that conceals a painful history.
His familyâs ancestors â Willa and Charles Bruce â bought the land at the bottom of the hill in 1912 and built a resort run for and by Black residents. Despite harassment and violence from white neighbors and the Ku Klux Klan, the coupleâs enterprise endured, providing rare California beach access for African Americans.