Danny Glover on reparations bill: ‘Policy is moral, democratic — an economic imperative’ – Roll Call

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Danny Glover on reparations bill: ‘Policy is moral, democratic — an economic imperative’

Actor Danny Glover walks in before testifying about reparations for the descendants of slaves during a hearing before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, at the Capitol in Washington on Wednesday June 19, 2019. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

By Nathan Ouellette and Clyde McGrady

Posted June 19, 2019 at 8:38pm

Danny Glover, Ta-Nehisi Coates and Sen. Cory Booker, among others, appeared before a House Judiciary subcommittee Wednesday to testify on HR 40.

The bill would form a commission to study the effects of slavery and search for possible avenues for reparations.

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