WASHINGTON — Social activists and civil-rights leaders, among them the Rev. Al Sharpton, are planning marches and demonstrations Aug. 28 to coincide with a rally organized by Fox News personality Glenn Beck.
Beck’s “Restoring Honor” rally, with former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin among the scheduled speakers, will take place on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, 47 years to the day after Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech there. The conservative talk-show host said the purpose of the event is to restore the country’s “values” and to pay tribute to military families.
Civil-rights leaders have denounced Beck’s plans, questioning his motives for choosing the date and place, which they said are historically symbolic of the country’s civil-rights movement. The Washington Post
