A black family told of their joy after a $75 million plot of beachfront land was returned to them by officials 98 years after it was seized from their ancestors. Video from Bruce's Beach handover ceremony Wednesday showed Anthony Bruce, holding the deed aloft after it was handed over by LA County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk Dean Logan. His great-great grandparents Willa and Charles Bruce bought the Manhattan Beach plot in 1912, only to have it improperly seized by the city in 1924 after a racist pressure campaign.
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