Beck says the civil rights movement “has been co-opted by progressives” Written by Media Matters Staff Published 06/03/10 9:05 PM EDT From the June 3 edition of Fox News' Glenn Beck: Video file Previously: Beck says his 8-28 rally will “reclaim the civil rights movement. ... We were the people that did it in the first place” Beck attacks Sharpton: “We are the inheritors and the protectors of the civil rights movement. They are perverting it” After reading civil rights movement's commitment card, Beck says, “Looks to me like the next phase of the 9/12 Project”
