By Clyde McGrady MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. — On a bright day last summer, Anthony Bruce stood on a patch of grassy land perched on the Pacific Ocean. As deep blue waves gently dissolved onto the ...

The historically Black beach in California is now only the second in the country owned by African Americans. Bruce’s Beach once belonged to Willa and Charles Bruce, who purchased the parcel in ...

Nearly 100 years ago, a local government in Southern California took Bruce's Beach away from its Black owners because of the color of their skin. The owners' descendants won a long effort to ...

During a Wednesday ceremony on the shoreline of upscale city Manhattan Beach, their great-great grandson, Anthony Bruce, was given a copy of the land transfer. "We have set the precedent in ...

Bruce’s Beach is now a park with a lawn and lifeguard training facility. In 1995, the property was transferred to Los Angeles County and in recent years, county officials began taking steps to ...

Manhattan Beach, CA – March 24: Birds take flight on the beach between 26th and 27th Streets at Bruces Beach in Manhattan Beach. Los Angeles County is trying to give the land back to the Bruce ...

L.A. County Supervisor Janice Hahn, who long advocated returning Bruce's Beach to the family, said the theft could reopen "old wounds" and hoped someone targeted the copper plaque for its material ...

By Soumya Karlamangla Duane Shepard, a descendant of the Bruce family, at Bruce’s Beach park in 2021.Credit...Gabriella Angotti-Jones for The New York Times In 1912, Willa and Charles Bruce ...