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Downtown Santa Monica CA and the coastline of the Pacific Ocean. By Rayna Reid Rayford ·Updated February 23, 2024
In 1957, Silas White, a Black entrepreneur purchased a valuable plot of land in Santa Monica, CA. White wanted to >NBC Los Angeles reported.
White had already started renovations, but unfortunately, his dream would never become a reality. A year after White’s purchase, the city seized the land, citing eminent domain, which “refers to
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