Page 12 - Alison Rose Jefferson News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Stay updated with breaking news from Alison rose jefferson. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.

Top News In Alison Rose Jefferson Today - Breaking & Trending Today

Returning Bruce's Beach in California to the Black family who originally owned it - 60 Minutes Plus


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. ....

United States , Manhattan Beach , Wesley Lowery , Los Angeles , Mitch Ward , Charles Bruce , Alison Rose Jefferson , Anthony Bruce , Ku Klux Klan , Black Americans , African American , California State House , ஒன்றுபட்டது மாநிலங்களில் , மன்ஹாட்டன் கடற்கரை , வெஸ்லி லோயர் , லாஸ் ஏஞ்சல்ஸ் , மிட்ச் வார்டு , சார்லஸ் காயங்கள் , அலிசன் உயர்ந்தது ஜெஃபர்சன் , அந்தோணி காயங்கள் , கு க்லக்ஸ் கிளன் , கருப்பு அமெரிக்கர்கள் , கலிஃபோர்னியா நிலை வீடு ,

A beach town seized a Black couple's land in the 1920s. Now their family could get it back | California


Last modified on Sat 17 Apr 2021 06.01 EDT
On a recent morning, Duane Yellow Feather Shepard, 69, sat on a grassy hill overlooking the Pacific Ocean, steps away from one of southern California’s most pristine beaches.
To visitors from around the world, it’s an idyllic stretch of coastline and a prime surfing spot. To Shepard, it’s the site that conceals a painful history.
His family’s ancestors – Willa and Charles Bruce – 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 couple’s enterprise endured, providing rare California beach access for African Americans. ....

United States , Manhattan Beach , Janice Hahn , Charles Bruce , George Peck , Ku Klux Klan , George Floyd , Los Angeles , Pocasset Wampanoag , Bernard Bruce , Pacific Ocean , Alison Rose Jefferson , Willa Bruce , Anthony Bruce , La Times , Duane Yellow Feather Shepard , African American , California Dream , African American Leisure Sites , Jim Crow , Japanese Americans , Kavon Ward , Tagus Ashford , Black Oklahoma City , ஒன்றுபட்டது மாநிலங்களில் , மன்ஹாட்டன் கடற்கரை ,