Danny Glover heading to Capitol Hill to talk reparations

By Zach Halaschak

Published June 13, 2019 6:30pm ET

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Danny Glover heading to Capitol Hill to talk reparations — Actor Danny Glover attends the premiere of "The Dead Don't Die" at the Museum of Modern Art on Monday, June 10, 2019, in New York. | (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Actor Danny Glover and writer Ta-Nehisi Coates are heading to Congress to testify about reparations for the descendants of slaves.

Glover, 72, is the star of the “Lethal Weapon” film series among other movies and shows. Coates, 43, is an author and journalist who penned the “The Case for Reparations,” a 2014 essay in The Atlantic. The piece became a touchstone for the cause and helped push the matter into the national discourse.

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