The Ebony Beach Club never saw the light of day, but the city of Santa Monica wants to make things right.
The dream of a Black entrepreneur to open a hotel and beach club for Black patrons in Santa Monica in the 1950s was smashed by a racist land grab by the city through eminent domain. More than 60 years later, the city of Santa Monica is considering repaying the family whose property was seized.
A lawsuit followed, but the city won, condemned the property and demolished the building by 1960, replacing it with a parking lot. Before the building was seized, White placed large signs announcing his intentions to open a club and hotel that would cater to Black patrons in an attempt to ward off theft of the land by the city, Santa Monica City Councilmember Caroline Torosis said before Tuesday's vote.
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