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Black family's beachfront CA property seized during Jim Crow era is being returned — and it's worth millions

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A century ago, a Black couple owned a beach resort in Manhattan Beach -- a Southern California town known for its scenic expanse. An inviting soulful energy and the songs of Black entertainers radiated throughout the corridors of the dance hall and lodge.

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A Black family's Manhattan Beach property was taken during the Jim Crow era. The county is now giving it back, and it's worth millions

3 years ago·Atlanta, United States

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Black family's beachfront CA property seized during Jim Crow era is being returned — and it's worth millions

The Bruces were driven off their own land by racism back in 1924.

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California poised to return $75 million beach resort to Black family — 97 years after Jim Crow stole it from them

On Monday, CNN reported that officials in California are poised to correct a 97-year-old injustice, and return an oceanside resort in Manhattan Beach valued at $75 million to a Black family who had the property stripped from them by white city leaders in the 1920s."A century ago, a Black couple owne...

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County Plans to Return California Beachfront Taken From Black Family in 1920s

Los Angeles County plans to return prime beachfront property to descendants of a Black couple who built a seaside resort for African Americans but suffered racist harassment and were stripped of the property by local city leaders a century ago, a county official said Friday."It is the county's intention to return this property," Janice Hahn, a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, told a news conference at what was known as Bruc…

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California may return land taken from a Black family 97 years ago

Correcting a historic injustice, California may give Bruce's Beach back to the rightful owners after almost 100 years. MSNBC's Lindsey Reiser talks with Chief Duane Yellow Feather Shepard who is the designated spokesman for the Bruce family.

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A Black family's beach property in California was taken during the Jim Crow era. The county is now giving it back, and it's worth millions

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) -- A century ago, a Black couple owned a beach resort in Manhattan Beach -- a Southern California town known for its scenic expanse. An inviting soulful energy and the so

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Black family's beachfront CA property seized during Jim Crow era is being returned — and it's worth millions

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A Black family's Manhattan Beach property was taken during the Jim Crow era. The county is now giving it back, and it's worth millions

A Black family's Manhattan Beach property was taken during the Jim Crow era. The county is now giving it back, and it's worth millions

Black family's beachfront CA property seized during Jim Crow era is being returned — and it's worth millions

Black family's beachfront CA property seized during Jim Crow era is being returned — and it's worth millions

California poised to return $75 million beach resort to Black family — 97 years after Jim Crow stole it from them

California poised to return $75 million beach resort to Black family — 97 years after Jim Crow stole it from them

County Plans to Return California Beachfront Taken From Black Family in 1920s

County Plans to Return California Beachfront Taken From Black Family in 1920s

California may return land taken from a Black family 97 years ago

California may return land taken from a Black family 97 years ago

A Black family's beach property in California was taken during the Jim Crow era. The county is now giving it back, and it's worth millions

A Black family's beach property in California was taken during the Jim Crow era. The county is now giving it back, and it's worth millions

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