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Descendants of Black family ripped off by L.A. to sell land back for $20M

Por: New York Daily News Nation January 04, 2023

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The descendants of a Black couple who had beachside property taken away from them in the 1920s by eminent domain are selling the land back to Los Angeles County. Willa and Charles Bruce owned a resort at Bruce Beach for more than a decade, but the city of Manhattan Beach — in an effort to force Black property owners out of the city — used eminent domain to take the property and other nearby sites after condemning them in 1924. FILE - Anthony... + full article



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