A beach in California that had been stolen from Black owners during the Jim Crow era and was only recently returned to their descendants will be sold back to Los Angeles County for more than $20 million.
According to CNN, county officials confirmed on Tuesday that the decision to sell Bruce’s Beach has been communicated to the county by relatives of the original proprietors, Willa and Charles Bruce.
When the sale will actually be official is still unclear.
“The seizure of Bruce’s Beach nearly a century ago was an injustice inflicted upon not just Willa and Charles Bruce but generations of their descendants who almost certainly would have been millionaires,” Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Chair Janice Hahn said in a statement.
Following efforts from relatives, local officials and activists, The Bruce family had previously received the official deed to the oceanfront property last year, after it was taken by the city of Manhattan Beach.
The land was purchased by Willa and Charles Bruce 1912 for $1,225, and the couple eventually built several facilities on the property, including a cafe and changing rooms.
The resort ended up becoming a popular tourist attraction for Black families, however the Bruce’s were treated by White neighbors and the Ku Klux Klan, the outlet reports.