The plaque honoring the victims of a dark chapter in the city’s history is finally ready — after nearly three years.
Manhattan Beach will unveil the new Bruce’s Beach plaque during a ribbon cutting at 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 25. The monument will immortalize Willa and Charles Bruce, Black entrepreneurs who owned a seaside resort in the city in the 1910s-1920s. The piece has been nearly three years in the making. This 2021 file photo shows someone taking a picture of the old Bruce’s Beach plaque in Manhattan Beach on Thursday, April 8. 2021.
During the 1920s, the city used eminent domain to take away land from Willa and Charles Bruce, who were Black and operated a seaside resort for African Americans. The city used eminent domain to take their land, as well as other properties — primarily from Black residents — for racially motivated reasons.
Manhattan Beach, meanwhile, grappled with how it should respond to its resurfaced history. The City Council ultimately voted to condemn the actions of the town’s former leaders and began the process of revamping the plaque at Bruce’s Beach Park; critics said the original language glossed over the reasons the land was taken.
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