Prime beachfront property in Los Angeles County that was taken from the Bruce family in 1924 has been returned to their descendants. NBC News’ Priscilla Thompson shares the beach’s history.
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#BrucesBeach #LosAngeles #BruceFamily
Sad how the Bruce’s generation had to go from wealth to poverty.
The American dream
Best News!! Thank you Governor Gavin Newsom for your support in making this amazing day finally come and the story told. Sending love and thankfulness to this big beautiful family. How exciting!!!
So much more is to report…America will face her judgement soon enough
I remember reading an article on this story months ago, Good luck to the family and hopefully they have a good legal team and business mindset to keep the land in good standing.
Oh yes. They need a land use attorney who knows his or her stuff!
great, now they can fight for the next century about what to do with it
Excuse me I pay my bills and my taxes if I want to go to the beach I’m going to the beach idc if u think u own it you don’t I do
Yessssss!
They need to be giving them what it would have profited all those years, close to $100 million or more
I don’t know for sure, (speculating) that we would be looking at billions, not millions that this family potentially lost directly due to what the city did to them all these years. There are Bruce descendants spread throughout the US, that have lost who knows how much due to what Manhatten Beach did to them. Having worked for the State and Federal for about 36 years, I know a lot of how they think and act in situations similar to this. When caught, they close ranks. This is why they refuse to apologize to the Bruce family. It is probably seen as an admission they did this family wrong and owe compensation to make them whole.
Agree
eminent domain was the best thing that ever happened to the bruces. they were forced to sell for $29000 back in 1928. only a year later, the depression hit and the property would be worth nothing. the bruces had $29000 in their bank account when most of americans had nothing. they could have bought a duesenberg and a house in beverly hills with kind that of money.
A black family in Beverly Hills back then. Are you serious? Was there even a Beverly Hills back then? In any case they would never have been allowed to live there. Research the history.
Thank you Gov. Newsom for being courageous and doing the right thing.
Generational wealth LOL. She said sending someone to law school. That means State Prison.
You mad LOL.
Nope law school. Blacks have been going to law school forever now..
@Main yup they usually go for 15 to 20
@Daniel Corona Is that your prediction of the jail time of the wealthy, white trump family?
So when is blacks gonna wake up and needing acceptance by others and start protecting their own.
When will the land in the South be returned to the ancestors of the black that the sharecroppers took it is on the books
They won’t be able to afford the property taxes and will sell for cash.
Hater, the property alone will generate enough revenue that will undoubtedly cover the taxes, maintenance & upkeep. Just like a hater to wish bad on this family.
@It’sBJ no not a hater. Just saying there could be truth to it. Most of the heirs are living at or below poverty. They don’t have the right mindset & knowledge to turn the gold mine into gold. They’ll need to consult with professionals and hopefully all family members will get along to see the same vision to move forward together. Best of luck to them and I’m happy they got what belongs to them. I would only love too see them become a success story.
@SupraJZA80 First off, this beachfront property will be deeded to the next living blood relative of the original landowners. Not to the entire Bruce family. And its amazing how you clearly know the mindset of members of the Bruce family when making the blanketed statement, “they don’t have the right mindset & knowledge to turn the gold mine into gold.” How do you know what their mindset is? The original Bruce’s had the perfect mindset and were turning their property into a gold mind when it was stolen by jealous people.
Be assured, they’ve been offered valued assistance from professionals in the black community such as land and estate attorneys, licensed commercial/private tax professionals, and business development firms that will indeed have their best interest at heart to ensure that Bruce’s Beach will develop, and maintain financial sustanability. This no doubt will insure generational wealth. And hopefully, to ensure that the property aka estate is protected, and for the benefit of future Bruce family descendants, and to keep passing down generational wealth, the property should be put into an airtight trust. Meaning no current or future heir could sell it off or place the property into any type of distress.
@SupraJZA80 And you know their mindset? It appears that they have a “right” mindset to go through years and years of struggling to get back what was rightfully theirs. From 1924 until 2021? That’s a long line of the right mindset.
I’m glad the Bruce family was able to find an attorney to assist them in such an endeavor. This government has been publicizing my family never existed for 3 (80 years) generations now. This endeavor has made them nationally $200 million plus assets. My skin color is white. That doesn’t mean I’ve done anything to harm another. It doesn’t mean I haven’t done anything to be a good human to another. Like any other color person it’s what is inside that makes each of us human. To hold us responsible for things we had nothing to do with harms all of us. This is every city and county nationally doing this to each and every family. Maybe some not as wealthy as mine was but does that mean I don’t get to know my true identity that they would DNA track me over? Every race is at a disadvantage in America today. Not knowing any of this I ended up in the banking industry. Like any other American I’ve been taught to work for what I have. To attempt to be an upstanding individual to all I meet. As I’m not different than anyone. I have my own story like millions I get it. I’m not here to talk down to others. I just don’t think having others trying to control our outcome in this one life is right. Realize millions are at a disadvantage no matter the skin color, ethnicity, or religion. May GOD BLESS us all to be good upstanding people to those we know and don’t know. It does truly enhance our lives. It’s a big world. May we realize MONEY doesn’t make us better HUMANS! It helps but let’s get rid of the evil and build each of us to be as good as we can be. Hard story to get right for sure. It’s one life REJOICE in it! Embrace it like you do your children! Build them to know right from wrong! Not the FRAUD being produced everyday! There are so many GOOD PEOPLE to learn from in this world!
Trying to equate African American’s experience to everyone else’s is disingenuous. We are not the same and we will not ever be the same until we reform the structure in this country and repair the damage done by it.
This is wonderful Bruce family got their beach back thank you govenor gavin newsome
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
I’m not thanking a politician that did what was Unrightfully done. They’re getting pennies compared to what the property is worth and the back pay of generations of poverty. This have happened to so many of us in the USA. I guess it’s an in the right direction. 😒
Great!
GIVE US BACK ALL OUR LAND THAT WAS STOLEN FRIM US!! God bless the real America!!
Soooooo…. I take it Newsom will now ask the Dodgers organization to tear down Dodgers Stadium and deed the site of Chavez Ravine back to the Mexican families evicted by EMINENT DOMAIN over 60 years ago?
They should if that’s true or give proceeds to the families.
What a great news. Thank you ❤️ Gov. Newsome.
To all liberals: Move to CA. This is the place for you! Keep going there!
Now Louisiana needs to return my family’s land. Crescent “Plantation” (The Ellis Place) and all the land attached in Madison, Franklin, and Tensas parishes. #ABOLISHTHEPARISH
Chase them man don’t let it go!!!
For all the so called “Natives” Posting under this video about this property being Tribal land need to read!!
Christopher Columbus wasn’t the only European explorer who made note of an African presence
in the Americas upon his arrival. Historians revealed that at least a dozen other explorers,
including Vasco Nunez de Balboa, also made records of seeing “Negroes” when they reached the
New World. The accounts match up with the reports from the natives in Mexico. Nicholas Leon,
an eminent Mexican authority, recorded the oral traditions of his people and ultimately kept track
of a key piece of evidence that Black people made it to the New World far before their European
counterparts. His reports revealed accounts from natives saying “the oldest inhabitants of Mexico
were blacks. [T]he existence of blacks and giants is commonly believed by nearly all the races of
our sail and in their various language they had words to designate them.”
Good Deal !
Ah yes, apologize with nice cheap words, and never mention or do business here again. Enjoy the 15 minutes.
When the KKK in the robes and hoods can’t get you, the KKK in uniform and suits will.
Evil shall never prevail. The Lord sees and remembers.
Fools! this is not a governors job description. that is up to a vote of the people to decide. return can only be to the original owner. probate court decides and family members are often not given anything. you can give property like that only if it is yours to give. it will not stand in court. it’s too good to be true!
The same scam that’s going on in the Caribbeans. Smh. British Scottish England Irish France German takeovers gutting out all the southern resources for their habitat across the seas to flourish bcus we are closer to our solar system That maintain it. That only trade their slaves/workers and took lands from indigenous landlords…like the BRUCE descendants robbing and scamming 🙄the records that’s before their great grand parents in their timeframe PROVES IT. Beware ppl they know the real Indians of this HEMISPHERE is coming for their lands so u will see a lot if this fraud and record editing. The pirate war is still in effect breaking debt bondage ILLUSIONS
Dear Governor Newson, thank you for helping this family. As a Real Estate, I’m happy for this family.
SOO HAPPY FOR FAMILY 💞💞✌️
My deepest hope is that the descendents of the ‘Bruce Family’ do not ‘spoil’ the land they have regained, but rather build upon it and see it prosper. The stereotypical view is that black people will enter an area, cause noise nuisance and ruin the general appearance of a location; so I hope this will not be the case here. It would be great if they could ‘catch the original vision’ of their relatives and build hotels, and nice places to eat … make it a Tourist Destination!
Congratulations to the family hopefully they all benefit without having to sell it off.
Thank god for that, the famimy work so hard for that land.
They didnt want to build nothing. They just wanted them to move. That’s so good , and thank to the govenor.
It is still happening today, there are parcels owned by Native Americans that can only be sold to the government . That is stealing!
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this land belong to Blacks. Which are the true natives of America
Yes you are but the frauds are trying their hardest to stop the truth from coming out.
Tulsa is next!
Now return it to american indians..
THEY DID LMAO 🤣
That’s my family we just learned of it a few years ago. We have not received a penny. Wonder what we need to do
So what are WE getting or is it going to the officials there. I have birth certificates showing I’m a Bruce. My Mom is still alive as well.
Good for them
It’s about time someone gave them Justice.
They will sale it to white people lol
Question now will the family give that land back to Tongva tribe?
You are clearly lacking in life
Vaush would call this white genocide
I had property I owned that was stolen by my hometown. I hope I get back what was stolen as well. Yet I fear my image of my skin won’t let me get it back since I have this imaginary privilege.
If Larry Elder was elected as governor in the recall, he would have never gave it back. You did the right thing Newsome, thank you.
Is this only a California thing or does it have Nation-wide applications?
This is just the tip of the iceberg. There are WAY too many other formerly blk areas in this country that were stolen by this government. I say dont stop with bruce’s beach. Keep the momentum going. Look into seneca village next, which was seized in order to build central park.
The whites are on here hating this. That is where the dislikes are coming from. LOL
And those are the same ones telling BP to pull urself up by the bootstraps. Thats exactly what the folks at bruce’s beach were doing & Yt folks STILL bothered them. They have a really sick way of thinking.
BRUCE DESCENDANTS…Lawsuit hit that city hard you all lost out on generational wealth make them pay
Let’s see if they do this everywhere else cuz the whole USA is stolen land
This is great, God is good 👍🏿
This is just the beginning of us getting back land that was stolen from us….All praise To The Most High….
I got half of my land back just waiting on the Indiana.
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That just wrong to do that, am so sorry 😞, that just wrong…..am praying 🙏, a sorry is ok, just write ✍ a check, for the missing income…..750 million dollars.
My question is since its real-estate and it’s valued in the millions can the family afford the taxes on a property of that magnitude?
They may sell. They don’t have to hold on to it
Easy come … easy go. Hopefull they can manage this wealth appropriatly
They can keep the apology.
The city wants to give back the land now that its worth nothing.
The rightful owners of California is the Mexican people that president Jackson stole when he started the illegal Spanish American war. All the Mexican families that the US ran off or killed to eradicate the mexicans. All those Mexican people have not gotten justice or reparation. The Bruce family brought stolen land and then it was taken. The real justice is reparation to the Mexican families.
So much more property is owed to us
About time💜💜
The Black Indians were invaded by Asia and the Mongols from the pacific ocean and they were also invaded by the europeans in the atlantic ocean which created Mulato/Mexican/Latinos and the caster system , Read the Mayan Codex of our ancestors. Our Cherokee, Inca, Olmec, Aztec Anasazi , Chacwtaw, Geechi, Seminole. Nobody came from boats in africa that was a lie from the savage conquerors. Give us our land back, this is our land the Real American Indians. The copper colored people.
What about the rest of the properties across the states???
I’m crying . This is amazing 🤩. I’m so happy for the BRUCE FAMILY
Wow god is good, I hope it continues all over the USA
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Waiting on one of these networks Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime to get this movie out.
The Truth is coin of the realm. Eventually the Truth comes out and everybody can rejoice in it.
Congratulations 👏 👏 👏
Yes!! I’m soo glad they got their land back🎊🎉🎈
Need to look at John Craig’s landfill in downtown Columbus, Ohio.
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER! THE ATROCITIES HAVE BEEN SWEPT UNDER THE RUG FOR WAY TOO LONG!
After all these years Manhattan Beach city Council is still racist… Racist pigs. This City also has to pay their Attorney fee’s and maybe another 30 million in interest.
The right thing to do! Hopefully the descendants can now prosper!
So happy to hear this but to the descendents please don’t spend any of this on weave, rims, bs in general. Take this money and build generational wealth like your ancestors intended. Make them and all us proud as u have done by winning this suit.
Congratulations wow
That family just got 3.5 BILLION Dollars back that was owed to them
Central Park NYC should be next.
Ok, I would sell it quick now! Reason they gave it back honestly; it is losing to the ocean!
Since this is Hispanic Heritage Month, lets hope Newsome gives the chicanos their land back as well…..https://youtu.be/Y6Dl-As8rU4
WOW. White America take everything.. Hidden Lies. It’s way more. way more families…USA so racist…US Government needs to do the same!… return all land in all cities and states.. Thousands of land needs to be returned asap
How many more people have lost their land to something like this.
This is a recurring racist theme in America. At one time many African-Americans owned beachfront property, but once white people realized the value of the land they used nefarious methods to steal the land. Popular tourist beach spots in South Carolina such as Hilton Head, Myrtle Beach, Kiawah Island, Seabrook Island were were once owned by Black people.
The American Dream is our nightmare!
God bless you all. Making the REAL American dream GREAT again, keep going!! Love and support from Aotearoa, New Zealand🥰😀 #Justice4Bruces #familyWealth #Community #Truth xx
I’m so happy for this family. There are so many more African American families who have the same situation who should also get their land back.
boy there is gonna be a huge fight over this land