California Beach Ownership Returned to Black Family

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom shows a bill, "Bruce's Beach Bill" after he signed it, Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021, in Manhattan Beach, Calif. , that would help clear the way for the Los Angeles County to return a piece of Manhattan Beach coastline to the descendants of a Black family who had the land stripped away by the city nearly a century ago, (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)
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In California in the 1920’s Willa and Charles Bruce had their land taken from them in the 1920’s through eminent domain. And now the land has been returned to the couple’s descendants. 

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