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California land taken from Black couple returned to heirs

A lifeguard training center on Manhattan Beach, Calif., is pictured on Tuesday, June 28, 2022. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to return ownership of the prime California beachfront property to descendants of a Black couple who built a resort for African Americans but were stripped of the land in the 1920s. (Brittany Murray/The Orange County Register via AP) A lifeguard training center on Manhattan Beach, Calif., is pictured on Tuesday, June 28, 2022. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to return ownership of the prime California beachfront property to descendants of a Black couple who built a resort for African Americans but were stripped of the land in the 1920s. (Brittany Murray/The Orange County Register via AP) FILE - Bruce's Beach in Manhattan Beach, Calif., is pictured on April 8, 2021. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted, Tuesday, June 28, 2022, to return ownership of the prime California beachfront property to descendants of a Black couple who built a resort for African Americans but were stripped of the land in the 1920s. (Dean Musgrove/The Orange County Register via AP, File) FILE - A monument on Bruce's Beach in Manhattan Beach, Calif., is pictured on April 8, 2021. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted, Tuesday, June 28, 2022, to return ownership of the prime California beachfront property to descendants of a Black couple who built a resort for African Americans but were stripped of the land in the 1920s. (Dean Musgrove/The Orange County Register via AP, File)
California land taken from Black couple returned to heirs