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Beach seized bruce's beach. >> all we knew we were going to speak out and make sure people never forgot this wrong. >> reporter: a wrong the county of los angeles began working to fix last year, cull mumating w 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 descendants have had their family's land returned. >> we aren't giving property to anyone today. we are returning property. >> reporter: in 1912 the bruce's bought the land for more ...

Of the generational wealth 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 happened to the bruces and move forward and take action and see how i can legally and legislatively get their land back for them. >> reporter: while the county's owning up to what happened to bruce's beach both ward and the families say that the city of manhattan beach has...

>> and i want to thank everyone who is here today. >> reporter: this less than quarter acre now worth millions. the bruce's were among the city's first black landowners, creating a resort for many barred from beaches because of segregation. the couple then becoming targets of racist attacks. in 1929, manhattan beach took the bruce's property by eminent domain, citing the urgent need for a public park. but for decades it sat empty. black lives matter protests quickly catching the attention of lawmakers. is this enough? >> no, this is only the first step in our fight for justice for charles and ...

Their way back to being owned by charles and willa descendents. >> good to see you. >> including their great, great grandson anthony bruce. >> when you see something with your name on it, it's a little bit different. to know this is bruce property, you know, and i'm a bruce, and this is from my family. we started that down there. nobody else around here did that. it was my family. >> reporter: they're now launching where is my land, a digital platform to help others find justice. >> in cases where the lands can't be returned, significant restitution needs to be paid. there needs to be a recogn...

But a new generation of activists are lyfting their voices and the bruce's story. let's take a listen. >> in july of 2020 manhattan beach resident mr. ward mobilized after learning the dark past of the sunny beach side park known as bruce's peach. parcels were once owned by a black couple who brought the land to build a beach resort in 1912. it quickly became a haven for black tourists and entertainers from across the country. it also became a target of white supremacists who along with manhattan beach officials seized the land through imminent domain on the grounds that it be used for a publi...