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 He beat Sharpton to the spot. Did ya' hear, Sharpton is gonna' pretend to be King Jr.
He says Kings speeches don't belong to anyone and he can use 'em. It's a little late for Sharpton. He's already shown his spots. 27 August 2010 Last updated at 12:25 ET Beck under fire for rally on civil rights anniversary Glenn Beck says he was unaware of the coincidence in dates Conservative talk show host Glenn Beck is under fire for scheduling a rally at the site and on the anniversary of an iconic 1963 civil rights demonstration. He, Sarah Palin and other conservative luminaries will speak on Saturday at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC, 47 years after Martin Luther King Jr gave his "I Have a Dream" speech. Mr Beck says the rally is an apolitical tribute to US military personnel. But civil rights leaders say Mr Beck's message runs counter to Dr King's. "It's an affront to what the civil rights movement stood for," Georgia Congressman John Lewis, who spoke at the 1963 March on Washington, told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "We didn't do anything in anger and never tried to divide people. Glenn Beck is a very divisive force." 'Restoring honour' The 1963 march was a pivotal moment in the US civil rights movement. Dr King's "I Have a Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial that day foresaw a united nation, free from racial discrimination. It is one of the most celebrated works of American oratory. Mr Beck, a host on Fox News Channel, is a prominent voice in the anti-establishment Tea Party movement. Last year he accused President Barack Obama of racism, saying he had a "deep-seated hatred for white people or the white culture". He has promoted the "Restoring Honour" rally on Saturday as a non-political tribute to US troops aimed at restoring "the values that founded this great nation". He says when he was planning the rally in the US capital he was unaware that Saturday 28 August would be the anniversary of the 1963 march. "It's not the date, it's the message," he said on his television show on Thursday. "I've heard it over and over again in the media that because of this event, on the date of this event, I'm somehow or another hijacking Dr Martin Luther King's speech. I'm not big enough to do that. No-one is." Meanwhile, a coalition of civil rights groups will hold a separate "Reclaim the Dream" rally elsewhere on Washington's National Mall. |
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