How Black Californians Had Their Land Stolen | KQED News

The confiscation of land, displacement and erasure has tormented Black people since emancipation. After the disbursement of land to the formerly enslaved was revoked after President Abraham Lincoln's assassination, the call for reparations has had a steady drumbeat. But since the California Reparations Task Force delivered its landmark, 1,200-page report in June, the drumbeat has never been louder. The report has 115 recommendations for reparative measures, including restitution for racially motivated takings of homes. In the fourth episode of Road to Reparations in California, we explore the stories of thriving Black communities - Bruce’s Beach, the town of Allensworth, San Francisco's Fillmore district and more - that were destroyed because of racist policies. The effects of displacement and housing discrimination continue to ripple through cities across America.
To read more about our KQED's reparations coverage please visit: www.kqed.org/reparations
Archival Sources:
Library of Congress
State Archives of Florida
New Hanover County Public Library, Local History Room
Security Pacific National Bank Collection; Shades of L.A. Photo Collection; Los Angeles Public Library
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA
Courtesy of the California African American Museum
Miriam Matthews Photograph collection; Towns (Royal E.) Papers; The Flatlands Newspaper Collection; African American Museum and Library at Oakland, Oakland Public Library
Courtesy Oakland Public Library, Oakland History Center
Courtesy of California State Parks
San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library
Robert K. Nelson, LaDale Winling, Richard Marciano, Nathan Connolly, et al., “Mapping Inequality,” American Panorama, ed. Courtesy of University of Maryland's T-Races project
Pond 5
Storyblocks
The Internet Archive
The National Archives and Records Administration
Where Is My Land
Justice For Bruce’s Beach
Kavon Ward (if anything came from her personal IG account)
State of California Department of Justice
Lakshmi Sarah
Beth LaBerge
KQED Archives

[@TheChodsr]

Seems like everything was taken.smh Still fighting for my fathers GI BIL that was denied after he served.

[@BIGBOOM2077]

Thanks for keeping up on this, family. This should be seen by more people. So crazy how some people see these FACTS that offer PROOF of hatred, oppression and racism and STILL find time to make little underinformed comments about victimhood and crime in their neighborhood. What a hot mess. Where's my chair 💺? PAY US WHAT YOU OWE US FOR ALL THE YEARS THAT YOU HOED US!🖤

[@sbss924]

Santa Monica same thing. Now, they have their eyes on Oakland, Ca.

[@LeeMitchell-dz2cy]

This Is So Sad PITIFUL !

[@darrellkitchen5568]

My ancestors were indentured servants. I'm lucky to be an American and so are you. Cruel as the past was to slaves and indentured servitude you and I are owed nothing.

[@kevingagne8266]

Thank you. There have been slaves of every race and color including white people throughout history and even worse today.

[@jaruto792]

You owe and your tax dollars will indeed pay stop this demonic gaslighting behavior weeee don’t care !!! You will pay reparations ‼️‼️‼️‼️end of story

[@benjaminreverse]

At minimum, many Americans that share such an oppressed history are owed an open ear, respect, and care around such a sensitive and ever-present topic.

[@benjaminreverse]

​@@kevingagne8266How many white slaves help build the U.S. economy?

[@Bushido2083]

Owed nothing bit everyone else has a history of being given reparations Indians Japanese ish people and others…but the melinated Hebrews you say they are owed nothing u are delusioned!

[@bf3941]

😅

[@keondavis5473]

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[@Cyndimarino]

Victimhood is cash cow!

[@tonycar831]

Seeing all of this evidence and thinking blacks weren’t victimized by the US government is crazy. Shows how anti-blk you are Cyndi

[@riaa8689]

Hit dog hollering

[@CalShanahanSF49ers]

Yes!! White ppl have a 500+ yr HISTORY OF VICTIMIZING BLACK PEOPLE, ITS TIME TO PAY UP!!

[@richardbyfield1918]

shut up thief

[@josiahlomas2111]

There's plenty of land back in the mother land...

[@ChristopherContreras-nc1ys]

It happened to the Indians first and Mexicans next but you don't hear us Mexicans crying about it

[@DelicateRedRose]

I just came here because a comment in another video was a Mexican crying about gentrification. Why lie? They still won't pick you and will continue to use and abuse you for cheap labor.

[@richardbyfield1918]

indians and mexicans were black people.

[@kisha1682]

They cried ! Trial of Tears?

[@Jerry-vo3zc]

💯💯💯💯✌️

[@Jerry-vo3zc]

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