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40 Interesting Facts About Bernie Sanders

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Bernie Sanders spoke during a campaign rally in New Orleans in 2015. Nick Solari / John Hopkins University hub.

34. Bernie Became An Active Member In The Civil Rights Movement

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. when he delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech. Agence France Presse / Hulton Archive / Getty Images.

During the rise of the Civil Rights Movement in the late 1950s and 1960s, Bernie attended college for three years at the University of Chicago. While he was a student, Bernie took an active role in local Civil Rights Movement protests, even getting arrested at one of these protests because he resisted authorities. He also made time to be a participant in the March on Washington in 1963, where Bernie witnessed Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous “I have a Dream” speech in person.

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