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After almost three years of controversy and fraught debate, Manhattan Beach unveiled a new Bruce's Beach monument and sought to mark a chapter of healing.
The Bruce family won the return of oceanfront land near Los Angeles seized nearly a century ago. Their decision to sell for $20 million set off a different debate about reparations.
In the 1920s, the beach resort was extremely popular with African American tourists. At that time, Black people were not permitted on white beaches. The site became famously known as “Bruce's Beach.” The children and grandchildren of Charles and Willa Bruce fought for decades to get back the land. By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire The great-grandchildren of the African American couple Willa and Charles Bruce, whose land in Southern California was taken in 1924 and returned to the family last year, have opted to sell it back to the local government for $20 million. In the 1920s, the beach resort was extremely popular
by Mark McDermott The Bruce family last week announced its intention to sell the beachfront property that historically was Bruce’s Beach resort back to the…