The Manhattan Beach shoreline property seized from a Black family in 1924 is set to be returned to the descendants of the original owners.
A Manhattan Beach, Calif., shoreline property seized from a Black family in 1924 is set to be returned to the descendants of the original owners.
In April this year, Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn announces the process of returning Bruce's Beach in Manhattan Beach to the family of Willa and Charles Bruce. California State Sen. Steven Bradford, right, was the author of SB 796, which would allow the land to be returned to surviving members of the Bruce family. Los Angeles Supervisor Holly Mitchell, stands center.
A photograph of Charles and Willa Bruce is part of a memorial to Emmett Till, located in front of a commemorative plaque at Bruce's Beach, a park located in Manhattan Beach. Till was a 14-year-old African American who was lynched in Mississippi in 1955. Chief Duane Yellow Feather Shepard, Sr., gives an impassioned speech in Los Angeles in April, calling for the return of the land that used to belong to his family. He is flanked by Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn, left, California Assemblyman Al Muratsuchi.
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