A beach town seized a Black couple’s land in the 1920s. Now their family could get it back
Los Angeles officials have announced an effort to return the valuable Manhattan Beach property to the descendants of Willa and Charles Bruce
Hasnain says:
From a 60 minutes special on this: ““Are we going to go all the way back to Native Americans [and give their land back]? Where does that stop?” says a White resident of Manhattan Beach, shedding light on the local opposition to returning land taken from a Black family one century ago”
From the article:
““We’re still suffering for what their ancestors did. Somebody needs to rectify this injustice,” he said. “They’re still benefiting from the generational wealth of their ancestors while we don’t have a dime coming in.””
Posted on 2021-05-05T07:18:44+0000