Reclaim What Was Taken.

Rooted in Purpose.
Built for Justice.

In 2020, national attention turned to California when activist Kavon Ward and her organization Justice for Bruce’s Beach helped the descendants of Charles and Willa Bruce reclaim ownership of Bruce’s Beach, a valuable beachfront property in Manhattan Beach that had been taken from their family through racially motivated eminent domain nearly a century earlier.

What many people did not see was what happened next.

In the wake of the Bruce’s Beach victory, Black families from across the country began reaching out with stories of land lost through racial violence, fraud, discriminatory government policies, heirs’ property disputes, eminent domain abuse, and other forms of dispossession. These inquiries inspired Ward to launch Where Is My Land, an organization dedicated to helping families investigate lost land claims and explore pathways toward justice.

Over the next several years, Ward's organization received nearly 1,000 requests for aid and consulted with nearly 100 families seeking answers about land taken from their ancestors and guidance on what options might exist for restitution or recovery. Despite the growing demand for its services, Where Is My Land was targeted and completely defunded in 2025, forcing the organization to close its doors.

Today, Ward is building the next chapter of that work through Black Landcestry, a platform designed to connect individuals and families impacted by land theft with the advocates, attorneys, researchers, writers, genealogists, and other professionals they need to pursue restitution, recovery, and repair.

Inspired by the movement to reclaim stolen land and restore generational wealth, Black Landcestry seeks to transform awareness into action—creating a pathway for descendants to uncover lost histories, document their claims, and pursue justice for what was wrongfully taken.