WP2 Blog 2: Library Database Research

        Using the ProQuest library database, the L.A. Times magazine’s “Sands of Time” article appeared multiple times when searching for information on “Bruce’s Beach” and “racial discrimination in Manhattan Beach”. After reading through the editorial, these sentences — “But as the popularity of Bruce’s Beach grew, so did white hostility. Black beachgoers would find their tires slashed; the Ku Klux Klan torched a black-owned home nearby and tried to burn down the resort” (L.A. Times, 2007) — stuck out to me the most. It actually prompted my essay and further research into the unacknowledged/unknown African American families who were also affected by the KKK and white hostility of the 1920s in South Bay. While Governor Gavin Newson has specifically acknowledged the wrongdoings of Bruce’s Beach and there is a Senate bill to transfer property rights back to the Bruce family, this is not the end. The quote in the L.A. Times article hints at an unfortunate reality that more families were affected. Hence, the quote acts of supportive proof in my position that more justice, restitution, and apologies must be done to completely rectify the terrible events that occurred in the 1920s in Manhattan Beach. 

Link: https://www.proquest.com/docview/2213373505/fulltextPDF/5A335077668C4364PQ/1?accountid=14749 

Full Citation:

L.A. Times Archives. “Sands of Time: Manhattan Beach Can Show the Tide Has Changed by  Fully Commemorating the Sad Tale of Bruce's Beach.” ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times Communications LLC, 26 Mar. 2007, http://libproxy.usc.edu/login?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.proquest.com%2Fhistorical-newspapers%2Fsands-time%2Fdocview%2F2213373505%2Fse-2%3Faccountid.