From King to Beck: Big rally at Lincoln Memorial

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Glenn Beck says it's just a coincidence his Restoring Honor rally on Saturday at the Lincoln Memorial will take place on the anniversary and at the site of Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous "I Have a Dream" speech. But he's hardly apologizing for the connection.

"This is going to be a moment that you'll never be able to paint people as haters, racists, none of it," he says. "This is a moment, quite honestly, that I think we reclaim the civil rights movement."

Some civil rights veterans are skeptical.

"When we heard about Glenn Beck, it was puzzling," the Rev. Al Sharpton said. "Because if you read Dr. King's speech, it just doesn't gel with what Mr. Beck or Mrs. [Sarah] Palin are representing."

Beck, a popular figure among tea party activists and a polarizing Fox News Channel personality, is headlining the event, and Palin, the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee and a potential 2012 president candidate, will be a featured speaker. But Beck says it's not about politics.