celebrating June 19, 1865 - the day slaves in Texas finally got the news that they were free - naturally involves the discussion of reparations, and one activist who has successfully worked to return land to Black families who had it taken away spoke with CBSLA.
When Ward learned that the city of Manhattan Beach used eminent domain to take beachfront property from Willa and Charles Bruce, a Black couple, in the 1920's, she launched a movement on Juneteenth to return what's now known as Bruce's Beach to the couple's descendants. "Their land was taken from them. They were forced out of their neighborhood, the community they helped build, because of racism," Ward said.
Ward formed the Justice for Bruce's Beach organization. Their efforts ultimately resulted in Governor Gavin Newsom signing a law that transfers ownership of the property back to the family. Newsom and local officials said this move granted them the wealth they've been denied for generations. "This is something that's happened across the country, not just in Manhattan Beach," said Ward.
After her advocacy work for Bruce's Beach, Ward founded another group called Where is My Land. It's goal is to return land taken from Black Americans and get restitution. So far, she said nearly 400 families have reached out to their organization. "In most cases, there aren't any viable legal claims because the statute of limitations has passed, and so with them, we realized we need to fight this in the court of public opinion more than anything, so that we can get policies changed, to get justice for these families," said Ward. "'That was in the past, it's not fair to take land back, people who own it now didn't take the land,' and we understand that," said Ward.
Wouldn’t that land belong to native Americans though?
Juneteenth is a bullshit holiday. Not giving one dime to BLM of 'negro own bussiness'
So all the families of union soldiers that died get money too? U know, the ones who fought against slavery.. Just another excuse to get more free stuff
Native Americans.
The entire USA belongs to Black Americans. They were the ones who, after being stolen from Africa and sent here in slave ships, built this nation, while their lazy white slave masters did nothing, other than raping their women & children
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