Photo: From right to left, Mrs. Willa Bruce, and her son, Harvey Bruce with his wife, Meda under a pop-up wooden tent structure that served as the early place of business for what became Bruce’s Lodge in Manhattan Beach, California, ca. 1912-1920. Photo: Photograph from the California African American Museum Collection featured in Living the California Dream: African American Leisure Sites during the Jim Crow Era, 2020 by Alison Rose Jefferson.
KFI News Presents: This Sand Is My Sand: The Stolen Legacy of Bruce’s Beach
By Corbin Carson | KFI AM 640/iHeartRadio
October 10, 2021
An idyllic stretch of coastline in Manhattan Beach looks like the perfect place to soak in the sun, take a swim or catch a wave. But, despite the beauty, for some, the scenery represents a painful history.
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