Coates: “Many of the civil rights groups” act as “special interest lobbies for racial and ethnic minorities” Written by Media Matters Staff Published 09/24/10 11:45 AM EDT From CSPAN's coverage of the September 24 hearing of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights: Video file Previously: Conservatives' “wild notion” to “topple” the Obama admin resume at Civil Rights Commission Rivera: Coates is an “unusual character, he's a conservative activist, he seems bent on prolonging” the NBPP case “A true member of the team”: Coates' testimony used to revive phony DOJ scandal