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>> reporter: for decades, this beautiful california beach held shameful racism and wrong-doing stretched out how a physical reminder how they were harassed and robbed of their property nearly 100 years ago when the city of manhattan beach seized the beach. >> we were going to speak out and make sure people never forgot the wrong. >> reporter: a wrong last year culminating with a board of supervisors unanimously carried this week to return the land to the bruce's great, great grandchildren, marking the first time black descend apts have had their family's land returned. >> we aren't giving prop...

>> reporter: in 1912, the bruce's bought the land for more than $1200. they owned two parcels an started a business. offering a place for black people to enjo i the vistas. >> they started with a pop up tent where people could change their clothe and were selling refreshments and they later built two story building that included a cafe, area to dance. by 1922 some white folks were up in arms that the black folks had such a successful operation here. >> reporter: then in 1924, the city of manhattan beach snatched the property under imminent domain to create a park. the county took control of th...

It truly is oceanfront property. >> initially it cost the bruce family their entire fortune, they originally asked for $125,000 for the two pieces of property and they didn't get that. the loss of generational welt that would have been accumulated over the course of 98 years now. >> i feel some sense of peace. i feel joy. >> reporter: she started the push to return bruce's beach to its rightful owners in 2020 after the murder of george floyd. >> i know it was the catalyst for me, for me to illuminate what had happen today the bruces and move forward and take action and see how i could legislat...

Friends and family. >> the bruce's establishment from day one was very successful. they started with just a pop up tent where people could change their clothes, and they were selling refreshments. then they later built a two story building that included a cafe, area to dance. by 1922 some white folks were up in arms that the black folks had become -- had such a successful operation here. >> reporter: then in 1924 the city of manhattan beach snatched the property under imminent domain to create a park. eventually the county took control of the estimated 7,000 square feet of land, which is curre...

Shameful secrets of racism and wrongdoing stretched out as a physical reminder how charles and willa bruce were harassed of their property nearly 100 years ago when the city seized bruce's beach, a wrong the county of los angeles began working to fix last year culminating with the board of supervisors unanimously voting this week. >> motion carries 5-0. >> reporter: to return the land to the bruce's great great grandchildren marking the first time in the county's history the zepdants have had their family's land returned. >> we aren't giving property to anyone today. we are returning property....