In January 2016, Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders' civil rights activism during his college years became a matter of dispute following a rumor -- proved to be false -- that an ...

This story was updated on Feb. 12, 2016. At a televised Democratic candidate forum Friday, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow showed Bernie Sanders a black-and-white photo of a man with his face turned away ...

Newly Uncovered Photo Shows Young Bernie Sanders Getting Arrested at Civil Rights Protest 2 minute read Bernie Sanders during a campaign concert and rally in Henderson, Nevada on Feb. 19, 2016.

Bernie Sanders’ wife said Saturday that a recently emerged photo of the now-Vermont senator being arrested after protesting segregated housing in the early 1960s is proof of his advocacy for ...

“That is, in fact, Bernie Sanders in those photos,” Weaver said. “We’re 100% confident.” Sanders’ role in the civil rights movement has come under close examination as he competes for ...

The photographer who captured civil rights efforts at the University of Chicago fifty years ago says that recently discovered evidence proves that a young man in a disputed 1962 photo is, in fact ...

There is no denying that Bernie Sanders was an outspoken civil rights advocate when he was attending the University of Chicago in the early 1960s. What's less certain is if a photo of Sanders ...

Any doubts about Bernie Sanders’ involvement in the civil rights movement have now been put to rest. Earlier this month, civil rights leader John Lewis made headlines when he dismissed Sanders ...

Bernie Sanders’ wife said Saturday that a recently emerged photo of the now-Vermont senator being arrested after protesting segregated housing in the early 1960s is proof of his advocacy for ...

Bernie Sanders’ wife said Saturday that a recently emerged photo of the now-Vermont senator being arrested after protesting segregated housing in the early 1960s is proof of his advocacy for ...

Bernie Sanders’ campaign manager said Friday the campaign is “100% confident” that a well-publicized photograph showing a man leading a sit-in at the University of Chicago in 1962 was, in ...