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Manhattan Beach: Black History Month; Hahn Tweets Bruce's Beach
The Twitterverse has posts on Black History Month. LA County Supervisor Janice Hahn adds her tweets on Bruce's Beach in Manhattan Beach.
MANHATTAN BEACH, CA — February is Black History Month and Manhattan Beach Patch is looking for ways to recognize our Manhattan Beach Black history. Apple unveiled an online celebration yesterday, commissioning "more than 30 Black photographers to capture and share their hometowns with the world through their unique lens, all shot on iPhone 12 Pro. It's poetry in motion, each photog's lens capturing something unique and special.
Gabriella Angotti-Jones shot at El Porto beach in Manhattan Beach and Ranchos Palos Verdes, capturing the spirit of two female surfers. Click here to see Apple's celebration.
Here are some Tweets that address Black History in Manhattan Beach.
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A portion of Manhattan Beach, California, was once black-owned. It was taken by eminent domain. https://t.co/WIJoBqAws0
— Kristi Rothschild (@KDRothschild) February 2, 2021
One example: Bruce's Beach in Manhattan Beach. The land it stood on was bought in 1912 by Willa and Charles Bruce, a young Black couple who turned it into the West Coast's first beach resort owned by and meant for Black Americans. pic.twitter.com/j8FCKVzGuQ
— Janice Hahn (@SupJaniceHahn) February 2, 2021
But in 1924, following years of complaints from white neighbors and even attacks on the resort by the KKK, the City of Manhattan Beach took over Bruce's Beach using eminent domain under the pretense of building a city park.
— Janice Hahn (@SupJaniceHahn) February 2, 2021
The City of Manhattan Beach has created a task force that will be making recommendations to the City Council for next steps, including rewriting a historically inaccurate plaque that credits the white property developer. pic.twitter.com/Rsy0Hyl51d
— Janice Hahn (@SupJaniceHahn) February 2, 2021
Blacks owned & operated a Beach Resort in Manhattan Beach, California called "Bruce's Beach" and was RAN OUT by the KKK...#BlackHistoryMonth #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/kBfjSn68ei
— No Entourage Needed (@I_RollSolo) February 2, 2021
#BlackHistoryMonth#BHM#BrucesBeach#ManhattanBeach The Legacy of Bruce's Beach, the South Bay's Black Resort https://t.co/nXRHOZdKuN
— The50PlusTalk! (@LeighBroadway) February 2, 2021
The City of Manhattan Beach's Bruce's Beach Task Force is expected to deliver its findings and recommendations to City Council at its Tuesday, March 16 meeting or later. The original presentation date was Tuesday, March 2 but that is being moved to an as-yet undetermined later date.
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