A multimillion dollar California beach property will be given back to the descendants of a Black couple after the government took the land through eminent domain in the 1920s "The Bruces have found ...

MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. (CNS) -- After a protracted legal process that led to the historic return of pristine Manhattan Beach coastal property to a Black family that had the land stripped away nearly ...

LOS ANGELES (CNS) -- A bill to return a scenic and valuable parcel of Manhattan Beach land to the descendants of a Black couple who once operated a beach resort there advanced to the Senate floor. Sen ...

What is the history of Bruce's Beach? In 1912 and 1920, Willa Bruce bought land along the shore in the city of Manhattan Beach. Shortly after purchasing the lots, Willa and her husband Charles Bruce ...

The descendants of Willa and Charles Bruce were finally able to claim their inheritance. In 1924, the city of Manhattan Beach, California, invoked the power of eminent domain to seize two beachfront ...

Entrepreneurs Charles and Willa Bruce had a vision for the small stretch of Southern California coastline they’d purchased in 1912: to create a resort for Black beachgoers where they wouldn’t be ...