John Lewis: Glenn Beck rally an insult

"It's an affront to what the civil rights movement stood for," said Lewis, 70, the last surviving speaker at the 1963 rally. "We didn't do anything in anger and never tried to divide people."

"Glenn Beck is the same person who has called the president of the United States a racist," Lewis said.

"I think everybody has a right to protest, a right to march in keeping with our Constitution," he said. "But one march, one demonstration on the anniversary of Dr. King's 'I Have a Dream' speech doesn't change his (Beck's) standing."

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