In the early 1900s, Charles and Willa Bruce opened Bruce's Beach, a beachfront resort Black Americans could enjoy. Despite a campaign of targeted harassment and violence, they thrived. Ultimately, eminent domain would force them out. It would be almost 100 years before the family saw justice.
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