Return of Bruce’s Beach Could Chart Path for Reparations in California
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🗓️ 7 June 2021
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| 1:00.4 | Coming up on forum, beachfront property in L.A. County, known as Bruce's Beach, could be returned |
| 1:06.8 | to the descendants of a black family who owned it in the early 20th century. Legislation aimed at that just passed the state Senate. |
| 1:14.6 | In the 1920s, White Manhattan Beach residents and the KKK |
| 1:18.6 | forced the Bruce family to give up their coastline property |
| 1:21.6 | with the help of the city council, which claimed eminent domain. |
| 1:24.6 | Now the possible return of the land could be a model for California's new |
| 1:29.1 | reparations task force that convened |
| 1:31.2 | for the first time last week. |
| 1:33.2 | The story of Bruce's Beach and its impact |
| 1:35.3 | on broader efforts to repair |
| 1:36.9 | historical injustices against black people. |
| 1:39.5 | That's next after this news. |
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