Bruce's Beach Is Yours!

The descendants of a Black family get their land back.

The city of Manhattan Beach in Los Angeles County, California has formally gave the descendants of a Black family their long overdue reparations. Bruce's Beach as it was once was called now belongs the great-great-grandchildren of Charles and Willa Bruce.

It was taken from the family in a forced removal. The city had declared it an act of injustice and racism.

They vowed to give the land back to the descendants of Bruce family.

In a 5-0 decision, Los Angeles County and Manhattan Beach have formally agreed to handing over the property.

The land was seized by the state nearly 100 years ago. 

There was a ceremony held this week to give the property back to the family.

Charles and Willa Bruce had their land seized by racism.

The land now belongs to Anthony Bruce, a great-great grandson of the Bruces.

The land was purchased by the Bruces in 1912. They suffered racist harassment from white neighbors, and in the 1920s, the Manhattan City Council condemned the property and took the land though eminent domain. The city did not do anything to the property since. They handed the property over to the state in 1948.

The property was at a bare minimum of $2,000 at purchase in 1912. Now it's worth nearly $20 million.