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Los Angeles County Returns $75 Million Land to Black Family

According to media reports, Willa and Charles Bruce fought back legally but received only $14,000 in compensation. (Photo: Visitors to Bruce’s Beach in 1920, featured in the book “Living the California Dream,” by Alison Rose Jefferson.Credit...Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection – UCLA)

NNPA NEWSWIRE — The beach resort once flourished while welcoming African American visitors in the 1920s – a time when Black people and other minorities weren’t allowed on White beaches. The property famously took on the name “Bruce’s Beach.” Meanwhile, descendants of Charles and Willa Bruce had fought for years to have the land returned to the family.

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