Bruce’s Lodge resort/Bruce Family circa 1915. (Photo provided/Manhattan Beach Historical Society)
Matt Bruce | ATLANTA BLACK STAR
An L.A. County official recently announced plans to possibly return a $75 million beachfront property to the family of a Black couple that once owned it.
The news comes 97 years after policymakers in Manhattan Beach wrested the property away from the family as part of a power move to oust Black people from the Southern California city.
Charles and Willa Bruce were among the first landowners in the coastal town when they bought a patch of land on the shores for less than $2,000 in 1912.
Matt Bruce | ATLANTA BLACK STAR
An L.A. County official recently announced plans to possibly return a $75 million beachfront property to the family of a Black couple that once owned it.
The news comes 97 years after policymakers in Manhattan Beach wrested the property away from the family as part of a power move to oust Black people from the Southern California city.
Charles and Willa Bruce were among the first landowners in the coastal town when they bought a patch of land on the shores for less than $2,000 in 1912.
