Definitive photo of young activist Bernie Sanders emerges from Tribune archives

[Fawke Em]

A Chicago Tribune archival photo of a young man being arrested in 1963 at a South Side protest is Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders, his campaign has confirmed, bolstering the candidate's narrative about his civil rights activism.

The black-and-white photo shows a 21-year-old Sanders, then a University of Chicago student, being taken by Chicago police toward a police wagon. An acetate negative of the photo was found in the Tribune's archives, said Marianne Mather, a Chicago Tribune photo editor.

"Bernie identified it himself," said Tad Devine, a senior adviser to the campaign, adding that Sanders looked at a digital image of the photo. "He looked at it — he actually has his student ID from the University of Chicago in his wallet — and he said, 'Yes, that indeed is (me).'" Sanders, a U.S. senator from Vermont, was traveling Friday near Reno, Nev., on the eve of the state's Democratic presidential caucuses.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-bernie-sanders-1963-chicago-arrest-20160219-story.html

[Ken Burch]

1. Thank you.

It's inexcusable that Bernie was ever doubted and slandered on this.

[Fawke Em]

2. I hope people are flooding Jonathan Capehart's Twitter feed with this. eom

[dorkzilla]

33. Fuck Capehart

Ignore him, maybe he will got away, or think twice before he publishes without doing fact checking first. I couldn't care less what that hack has to say.

[tomm2thumbs]

70. Capehart caused more imagery to surface than he ever imagined

I'd say that photo confirms this is Bernie in the video, right down to the light pants and strings on the hoodie

THANKS CAPEHART - YOU HELPED OPEN THE DOOR TO ALL OF THIS!!!

[Cheese Sandwich]

112. Somebody on reddit matched up the video with the arrest photo

Also here is another angle, you can see here Bernie being led awayagain

[tomm2thumbs]

113. great analysis, and seeing the cameraman and photographer

really puts events and the location in perspective

[Fawke Em]

6. What's up with the baby?

No one is fit-pitching - we were right and Capehart was wrong.

P.S. You changed your title, which is fine, but your motive is off.

[Ken Burch]

7. What's to mock? This proves Bernie is real as an anti-racist fighter

It discredits all the slurs.

[senz]

27. Then again ...

[Politicalboi]

4. Where's Capehart?

[Cheese Sandwich]

65. Still on twitter standing by his claim "nobody knows for sure"

[Oilwellian]

102. Only his hairdresser knows for sure.

[monicaangela]

5. Bernie Sanders would not

lie about a thing like this. I have never doubted his word. It is so sad that supporters of Clinton continue to try to impugn this mans integrity. Bernie is the real deal, and this is the proof. By the way, at the same time this was happening to Bernie, Hillary Clinton was campaigning for Barry Goldwater...quite a contrast for someone who says they have always been for civil rights.

Yes, she was supporting this guy. And there are those that would claim she was involved in civil rights? I guess she was against civil rights before she was for them, like just about every other issue she is now for against it until it will help you get elected and then miraculously she "evolves" and is for it. What a joke.

[kgnu_fan]

19. He is real and people see that nt

[monicaangela]

83. Absolutely it shoud be obvious to anyone

that looks honestly at his past political positions. Hillary Clinton on the other hand

[Oilwellian]

105. Equally as bad

During the same time-frame, Bill Clinton was an aide to Senator Fulbright, who was a flaming segregationist, author of the Southern Manifesto, and who filibustered the Civil Rights Bill.

It really is a mystery wrapped in an enigma. How could they both work for Senators who fought against civil rights, yet claim to support them at the same time?

[monicaangela]

140. It is an enigma

but I believe people who take the time to research their political history begin to realize the fact that from the moment they decided to enter politics they have been calculating, conniving, flip flopping, and going whichever way the wind blows in order to gain power and further their careers.

[Siwsan]

154. I brought this up on another site, and you'd have thought I advocated killing kittens for profit

All kinds of weird and nasty accusations were hurled my way. Finally, one person actually addressed Hillary's time as a 'Goldwater Girl' but explained it as a youthful adventure triggered by her family being Republican. And shame, shame, SHAME on me for ever bringing it up!

It got so bad that I had to shut it down and walk away because no matter what I responded, they just kept spewing defensive rhetoric.

[monicaangela]

158. I know exactly what you mean Siwsan

Hillary has a buzz saw of a political machine out there. Somebody in that one tenth of one percent out that really wants to see her become president.

[in_cog_ni_to]

8. While Clinton was a young REPUBLICAN, this is what Bernie was doing.

He has ALWAYS fought for "the least of these."

Hill...not so much.

PEACE
LOVE
BERNIE

[AllyCat]

69. Right on.

[Snotcicles]

9. This photo warms my heart, the one officer is really wrenching his arm. Keep resisting Bernie! nt.

[Snotcicles]

11. He's is the original Thug. He's wearing a hoodie. nt

[Fawke Em]

13. LMAO! You're right!

He's always been cool!

[DefenseLawyer]

10. Luckily those cops are bringing him to heel n/t

[CoffeeCat]

58. LOL! (nt)

[JonLeibowitz]

91. Nicely done!

[2banon]

12. Kickin' & a Recken'

[beam me up scottie]

14. K & R!

[Fawke Em]

17. Stealing!!

[beam me up scottie]

22. Good because I stole it too!

[DisgustipatedinCA]

75. We're all Uriah Heep today--stealing when we should've been buying. Thanks for the photo, BMUS. nt

[beam me up scottie]

78. I saw them in concert!!!

Back when I was stationed at Camp Lejeune they played a dive bar in the beach in SC.

Abominog was one of the first albums I ever bought.

[DisgustipatedinCA]

80. That's pretty awesome. I didn't get to see a concert until '86.

(and don't tell anyone, but it was Van Halen)

That's just the most freaking awesome picture of Sanders. It's awesome because it shows him in 1963 living what he's talking about today. And he wasn't going without a fight. Oh, and as you're well aware but some don't seem to be, he's been solid in every one of the intervening years.

[beam me up scottie]

81. I saw UH in the 80's, they weren't as popular as in the 70's but we didn't care.

That is a cool pic and it needs to go viral, Bernie won't brag about it because it's not his style but we can.

[Motown_Johnny]

26. Can I steal that image?

Please?

[beam me up scottie]

28. It's not mine, I borrowed it from someone else!

I don't think they'll mind at all!

[Mike__M]

36. Not considering someone (cough) stole it from

a certain newspaper.

[beam me up scottie]

38. Busted!

[Mike__M]

40. It was just someone who looked similar

[CoffeeCat]

61. Yes, indeed!

The cops in the picture have come forward to say that this was not Bernie Sanders, but Larry David.

Sorry...too soon?

[Oilwellian]

84. And they put awesome graffiti all over it

And it's not stealing. We are purveyors of history coming back to life.

[Motown_Johnny]

48. OK good, because I already ordered a 2' X 4' banner using it.

[senz]

35. You, of all people,

deserve to have that image.

Oh, while I'm here (in a reply box to you) did you know that Bernie's music tastes were influenced in the 1960s by Motown?

So many reasons to love that man ...

[Mike__M]

39. If the shoe fits, take it

I remember hearing a story about Bernie buying new shoes for a homeless man in Burlington.

[senz]

30. Beautiful.

[Nacho-_-Bandito]

15. There is a whole set of pictures on the Tribune website

here (click on the gallery link on the main picture):

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-bernie-sanders-1963-chicago-arrest-20160219-story.html

Actually, there is another picture in that set of what I'm sure is Bernie here:

http://www.trbimg.com/img-56c7624c/turbine/chi-willis18ground-20160218/1550/1550x872

It's taken from a back/side angle, but he's in the same hoodie, khakis, glasses, haircut.

[Fawke Em]

16. Yep. The pics are fascinating!

[Thinkingabout]

55. Interesting these photos show Sanders with curly wavy hair.

[JonLeibowitz]

94. What is interesting about that?

[beam me up scottie]

127. Why is it "interesting"? He had curly hair:

[SMC22307]

110. I'm liking the Bernie-in-a-hoodie angle.

Just to make sure it is indeed him, perhaps we should get crack journalist Jonathan Capehart on it.

[sheshe2]

18. Here is John Lewis

A question. Bernie was arrested for a civil rights protest and praised yet an icon who spent their life fighting is trashed on this site.

I find that incredibly sad.

[Motown_Johnny]

20. If he runs for President I can see myself supporting him.

[Thinkingabout]

59. This was at the same time Thom Hartmann was campaigning for Goldwater.

[Motown_Johnny]

86. And if he runs for President, it is very unlikely I will support him

although it is impossible to know until I see the competition.

[cascadiance]

109. At least Thom Hartmann acknowledges it and explains his circumstances?

Hillary?

NOT A WORD!!!

If she evolved in similar fashion that Hartmann had, it would HELP her to explain the process she went through when she transitioned from being a Republican to become a Democrat, if there was in fact a real transformation through experiences that we could all understand and be inspired by.

WHY doesn't she come out and be honest about it? It would really help her rescue her image in terms of having the public trust, which with the emails, GS transcripts, etc. is suffering a lot.

She just can't present an honest face to the public from what most people see in her. It just all appears like a constant act with her! And that problem with trust contrasted with how much even Republicans feel they can trust Bernie IS the issue this election!

[Thinkingabout]

122. This has been explained by Hillary, I have not heard Hartmann

Explanation.

[cascadiance]

146. He talks about it frequently on his show on how his dad (a Republican) got him on these campaigns

... and that it was what he was brought up with. Once in college though he was more about being involved with groups like the SDS rather being elected chair of a college Republicans group like Hillary Clinton did. I guess it's not too hard to understand that you don't listen to Hartmann much if you are a supporter of Hillary.

As I've said Thom Hartman HIMSELF discusses this part of his life. He doesn't just avoid talking about it and rely on someone like a Capehart or a David Brock to try and analyze what he was doing then.

[monicaangela]

159. Exactly cascadiance

I've even heard Thom Hartmann talk about when he began to change his mind about republicans and conservatism. He said his father took him to a meeting of the John Birch Society and he started to see just how off the deep end these guys were. Thom also says he left home at about 16 years of age, so yes he was really young when he and his father were supporting Goldwater.

[Tanuki]

138. Reading this might give you some insight.

http://www.nbcnews.com/id/17388372/ns/politics-decision_08/t/reading-hillary-rodhams-hidden-thesis/#.VshhluYkJVc

[cascadiance]

147. That still is third hand spin from the likes of David Brock (working like Capehart does)...

... rather than HER OWN comments on what she was doing then, and what had her change her life in becoming a Democrat.

As I told another poster here, Thom Hartmann is the one that talks about his own experience working with his dad on what his dad wanted him involved with when he was a kid campaigning for Goldwater. As I also noted, Hartmann didn't become a president of a group of college Republicans when he was living outside of his family after he left high school the way Clinton did at Wellesley. Instead of being a Republican he was more involved in activities like the SDS, which he's also very honest about too.

As I've said, rather than having a David Brock to provide a spin that not many have read here either on why she was a Republican before she was a Democrat, she should speak for herself and what was going on in her mind when she made that transition. No one should be able to speak better for herself THAN herself! And if she does so thoughtfully in a way that progressives can understand and appreciate, she would put a lot of the criticisms and speculation to bed. That she doesn't do this, and still expects us to trust her being our leader at this very critical time in our nations' history speaks loudly to many of us that she DOESN'T HAVE a good explanation for what happened then, and she's elusive or secretive about that part of her life as she is in so many other areas where she's "evolved" or doesn't want to talk about much unless she HAS to (her email controversy, the TPP, Keystone, etc.)

[Tanuki]

155. I have not read her memoir, but I believe she addresses it there.

I don't know what either Brook or Capehart have to do with the link. The author is a Pulitzer Prize winning investigative reporter (yeah, I know, so is Capehart.) You asked a question and I made a good faith attempt to answer it. It hardly strains credulity to think that a sheltered suburban girl would broaden her world view and embrace more progressive ideas once she went to college outside the cocoon of her parents' home. I suppose it sticks in the craw of many here who want to pillory her as the eternal Goldwater girl to have to deal with the fact with the fact that she canvassed for Eugene McCarthy in 1968. Rather than have to revise flawed assumptions and try to reconcile them with the fact that by the time she graduated she had a job offer from Saul Alinsky as an organizer in Chicago, I suppose it is easier to simply dismiss the facts.

[cascadiance]

156. Did you read your link?...

A paragraph in that article...

David Brock, in his 1996 biography, "The Seduction of Hillary Rodham," called her "Alinsky's daughter."

I'm not trying to dismiss someone else's COMMENTS on what they studied of her life.

I'm simply saying that Hillary Clinton would be better off EXPLAINING HERSELF HER OWN THOUGHTS AND REASONS to help describe the evolution of her life history then. If we could have an HONEST appraisal of what she went through in a way that everyone could understand, then I think it would give her MORE support from some that feel many of her stances can't be believed since she changes gears so often, and is so secretive about many parts of her life. She worked BOTH for Goldwater and for McCarthy! How do we know where her real heart is, when these two men were very different in their politics? WHY did she work for them. For whatever reason SHE WON'T TELL US!!!

So do we believe more of her true feelings were reflected in Goldwater or McCarthy? How do we know? You can't just emphasize one and dismiss the other just because it is politically convenient to focus on one and ignore the other.

[Fawke Em]

21. Lewis isn't running for president.

But, I thank him for all he did.

[Nacho-_-Bandito]

23. Funny thing is...

I didn't see anyone on DU suggesting that pictures of John Lewis from the 60's were, in fact, someone other than him.

The smear campaign by Team Hillary was in full afterburner in here trying to sell the false narrative that the previous pictures of Bernie (not those in this thread - the one's we knew about before) from the on-campus protests he help lead were not him, until that was completely debunked by the photographer himself who confirmed that it was indeed Sen. Sanders.

Regardless..what does your post have to do with the topic in this thread?

[leftofcool]

37. Team Hillary could care less about Bernie's minute little arrest.

John Lewis is our hero. Yesterday, today and tomorrow.

[Fearless]

44. Exactly... Yesterday, today, and tomorrow.

It wasn't politically expedient until yesterday and by the day after tomorrow Camp Hillary would have moved on.

[Fairgo]

97. hahahahaha

You made me laugh. You have the timing of a stand up comic.

[Nacho-_-Bandito]

49. Which is...

all good and well. I ask again, though. What does John Lewis have to do with a thread about new pictures found of Bernie Sanders being arrested in 1963 for protesting segregation?

[roguevalley]

57. they don't have any of hill. she was helping a

Bigot run for president at the time. Putting Lewis in here is an attempt to dilute bernie and his heroism

[DisgustipatedinCA]

85. I'd love to see some of the things you've written about him in the past.

[tex-wyo-dem]

88. Love John Lewis...

He is truly a hero!

Hillary is no John Lewis.

Hillary is no Bernie Sanders, either.

[pablo_marmol]

92. "Team Hillary *couldn't* care less..........."

Fixed.

You're welcome.

[frylock]

114. Yeah, clearly.

That's the difference between Team Hillary and us. We can acknowledge John Lewis' contributions. You want to demean Sanders'. Nice work.

[cascadiance]

157. I wonder if John Lewis endorsed Bernie, if THEN you couldn't care less of Lewis's arrests?

Seems like you like to emphasize the work of those who are "on your side"!

[DefenseLawyer]

25. So you do something heroic you must be free from criticism

For everything you do and everything you say for the rest of your life? Good work if you can get it.

[Empowerer]

47. That only applies to one Bernie Sanders

John Lewis? Fair game . . .

[leftofcool]

34. John Lewis is a hero in our home.

He always will be.

[sheshe2]

41. solidarity!

It pains me he was thrown under the bus. I adore him.

[bravenak]

82. I agree

He took his lumps for the cause and has been there ever since

[frylock]

116. And what better way to honor your hero than by shitting on Bernie?

[Katashi_itto]

124. Yes, along with an altar and velvet pictures of him.

[senz]

45. Bernie never trashed him. Bernie always speaks highly of him.

They worked together for good causes on the CBC.

When people feel betrayed they sometimes say things in shock and anger that they wouldn't say on peaceful reflection. I would imagine all of us do this once in awhile.

[sheshe2]

50. Really?

[senz]

52. Really.

[DisgustipatedinCA]

148. If you have visual proof to the contrary, now is the time to post it.

[nadinbrzezinski]

54. Show me a single poster that questioned Lewis's activism

because what we are talking about is swift boating for another activist.

But nice try Sheehe2

If you want to support swift boating, by all means, please proceed governor.

[sheshe2]

63. Read DU. nt

[nadinbrzezinski]

66. We must be reading two different sites

and please do indeed proceed

I take exception of this smear, as a trained historian. have a good day.

(And I expect some funny shit off site after this exchange as well)

[sheshe2]

72. ...

I take exception of this smear, as a trained historian. have a good day.

(And I expect some funny shit off site after this exchange as well)

[nadinbrzezinski]

73. That is all you have

and like many others you are just empty white noise now, that lulls me to sleep.

[sheshe2]

119. ...............

[nadinbrzezinski]

142. Must really suck to go from somebody I used to respect

To somebody I ascribe adjectives (well earned at off sites) that are all but nice. And now, only worthy of being a person to be considered white noise.

If I use the adjectives this will be alerted. Suffice it to say at the very least the behavior was racist.

For the jurors: busted, apparently this Latina, born and raised in Mexico City, who came to the US as an immigrant is not PoC enough, never mind the racist definitions of the US because I do not have a darker skin tone. Ergo, I was born in the Midwest I suppose.

Yup, they had those discussions, and they expect me to have any respect after what is clearly racist behavior? The fact I have to post this is because I expect them to alert.

[frylock]

117. Link it or lump it.

[nadinbrzezinski]

144. There is precisely one post, from a neub

That the community shat on.

But this poster has been creative with facts for a while. Also the burning bridge continues to push up flames and these particular posters really do not understand why. This matter of off site where they behaved rather uncivily will not go away.

[CoffeeCat]

67. Damn, those photos are amazing!

There's just something about seeing an older icon--during their younger days. It's so special.

My husband and I watched a PBS special on the Black Panthers--and it was so sobering and sad to see the corruption that African Americans were fighting during this time in our history. The things the FBI and the cops in LA and NY did to activists--were unconscionable. I've continue to have that program on my mind.

Thank you for these pics.

[nadinbrzezinski]

68. Serious question

do you think they have stopped?

[CoffeeCat]

71. Are you asking if I think the cops have stopped?

If so....no. And that is said with a very heavy heart.

My husband and I discussed this while we laid in bed, long before we had stopped watching.

I think things are worse. I think the corruption is worse.

What's different is, cell phones.

[nadinbrzezinski]

74. Indeed

and the cameras turned on cops might help, but will not completely solve it.

[CoffeeCat]

87. Cameras may help in some instances

but we've all ready seen cameras "malfunctioning" or footage lost or even cameras turned off.

We have systemic problems. Very big systemic problems with racism and many police departments behaving like good ol' boy clubs.

The police need to be demilitarized, for one things. They're supposed to protect and serve their communities, not treat citizens like enemy combatants.

Absolute power corrupts absolutely, and I think the structure, accountability and transparency of police departments must change. For starters. I don't know how that gets done though. Hard to yank power away from people who certainly don't want to lose it.

It has to come from the people demanding it.

[nadinbrzezinski]

89. I have been reading on the 1960s and how we got to today

and this discussion about professional standards for police and militarization, has been going on since the 1960s, at least. And all the commissions will not help (and that includes the latest, last year to be exact), until we as a nation have a come to jesus moment about how structural racism is.

The cops... they are just the sharp edge of it.

As to cameras failing... well the local ACLU and 22 local leaders and organizations have asked the DoJ to ahem investigate my local cops. Yes. I posted the story yesterday I believe, It is part of the damn pattern. And we have also seen the Chief LIE to City Officials, and it is like none wants to challenge the chief.

here, the story

http://reportingsandiego.com/2016/02/17/aclu-and-allies-request-federal-investigation-on-sdpd-use-of-force/

[CoffeeCat]

93. Great reporting

and kudos to you for trying to keep these injustices, and the subject matter, in the public consciousness.

Very sad that people who are suffering with mental illness, are being murdered in this way.

These people need protection and empathy--and have endured so much. They certainly don't deserve to be gunned down when they pose no threat.

It's tragic. And it could happen to anyone.

I hope the DOJ investigations help. At least the cops are put on notice that an investigation is happening.

And yes, the DA isn't always helpful and police chiefs can have political power. Sometimes they collude to cover up. Further tragedy.

Amazing that you are trying to tackle these tough, tough subjects. It's not easy, I'm sure.

[nadinbrzezinski]

96. Well Governor Brown has a justice reform for the state

that will take some power from DA's (Like trying kids in adult court), and no surprise there, the DAs oppose it.

I need to look more into that, in passing I heard about it.

In San Diego, this would be the second DoJ investigation, the other was requested by the Mayor, and the outgoing PD chief, he stepped down. after a series of convictions for sexual assault

Specifically to my PD, we have a problem with the department, and it includes internal culture. I cannot prove it, I need an insider to come out and say it. but they tend to keep the good ol' boys and fail officers with integrity at phase training (The probation period)

There has been some reporting from Channel 10 (which is amazing they went there given the politics in this city and who issues the press passes, that department) that suggests this as well.

[sheshe2]

79. Selma

recent enough?

[CoffeeCat]

90. Thank you for these.

I can only imagine what was going through their minds.

Breathtaking.

[sheshe2]

100. I can't even say what your comment means to me.

Thank you for that, CoffeeCat. In all sincerity I thank you.

The woman in the wheelchair. Obama is holding her hand, that is Amelia Boynton.

She died at 104 years old.

Watching 'Selma' with 103-year-old matriarch of the movement


Tuskegee, Alabama (CNN)—She was left for dead at the foot of Selma's Edmund Pettus Bridge after the county sheriff declared: "Let the buzzards eat them."

A photograph immortalized the moment -- a black, middle-aged woman beaten unconscious by white state troopers in a 1965 civil rights march that became known as Bloody Sunday.








This photo of Boynton Robinson, beaten unconscious by state troopers, became an iconic image of Bloody Sunday.



http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/09/us/selma-civil-rights-matriarch/index.html

[leveymg]

115. Even icons make terrible mistakes

He shouldn't have tarnished his own legacy to prop up a machine politician. The machine isn't worth it.

[mhatrw]

128. "Nothing is free."

qui cum canibus concumbunt cum pulicibus surgent

[DisgustipatedinCA]

24. That's just a kick-ass photo of Sanders...most especially because he didn't release it.

Fight the power, Bernie, just like you always have.

[jberryhill]

29. How can you support a criminal to be president?

Well, there you go. You proved it.

Hillary has no arrest record.

[Cheese Sandwich]

31. >Hillary has no arrest record.

yet

/just kidding

[Oilwellian]

95. How sad that protesting segregation

makes one a criminal, in your mind. Fighting against oppression makes one a criminal, in your opinion. That's just so weird to see on a Democratic discussion board.

[frylock]

118. It's a conservative mindset. Pay no mind to the jersey they sport.

[Cheese Sandwich]

32. That is insanely cool

[Segami]

42. Thats a smokin pic of Bernie Fawke Em...

nice!..........really nice........really, really nice!............

[Fawke Em]

46. The WaPo will claim its Bruce Rappaport.

[Juicy_Bellows]

43. Excellent. KICK.

[senz]

51. Bernie has fought for PoC and other oppressed groups his entire career.

It's who he is.

Nothing can take that away.

[HooptieWagon]

53. Is it just me?

I want to rub that picture in Capeharts smug face until he cries.

[nadinbrzezinski]

56. I just did over the twitter

it is for the rest who have been blocked by Capehart. He is not doing well.

[HooptieWagon]

60. Sweet!

[Kalidurga]

111. Yep

I really don't understand this tweet.

Yeah. That's about right. But the liberals are persistent, daresay relentless, in their meanness.

If he is implying he is being attacked by liberals and they are mean I get it. But, he doesn't ever seem to say hey guys, I am a liberal and we have the same goals, please try to understand what I am saying. No this is to me more like saying I am not a liberal and liberals are being relentless and mean to me.

[nadinbrzezinski]

143. He is being "attacked" by media folks

Since he is making the profession look bad. And he is being attacked by a few historians. He is also being attacked by the left. The tweet matches his disdain for it. His Twitter feed is all but hiding it.

[DisgustipatedinCA]

149. Capehart blocked me. Here's how to go around the block

https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&q=capehartj&src=typd

You can see and respond to all of his tweets, and there's not a thing he can do about it.

[nadinbrzezinski]

150. Yup

I have the feeling he will abandon that account. The heat is too much

[DisgustipatedinCA]

152. He's going to need to abandon social media completely if he wants to be left alone.

The lies have been told, and the die is cast. He needs to be fired.

[nadinbrzezinski]

153. There are demands to that effect

I take issue with the almost stalinesque attempt at air brushing of history.

The same folks saying nothing to see here, would be screaming if this was John Lewis. The difference is that I would be up in arms equally. Air brushing of history is a problem, no matter who the target.

[nadinbrzezinski]

62. Interesting take from Tony Trupiano

http://samuel-warde.com/2016/02/jonathan-capeharts-smear-of-bernie-sanders-dissected/?utm_content=buffer851d4&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

[libodem]

64. I love this man

For his values. I ♡ Bernie.

[Jack Rabbit]

76. If you wanted street cred in the sixties, that's was how to get it

Go Bernie! Our Knight in shining armor.
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[Mnpaul]

77. I would like to hear the story

Damn photo is only a teaser. Endless articles about the photo and little or nothing said about the content. One paragraph in the linked article:

In the mid-1960s, protests over segregation in the area raged over mobile classrooms dubbed "Willis Wagons," named for then-Chicago Schools Superintendent Benjamin Willis. The phrase "Willis Wagons" was believed to have been coined in 1963 by Rosie Simpson, a leader in education reform in Chicago. She was describing the trailers that Willis set up for black children instead of sending them to white schools.

[Oilwellian]

99. There's also a Gallery

It's accessible on the first photo in the article. I thought it was tricky to find and almost missed it in upper left corner of the photo. There are captions as well for each of the 16 add'l photos.

[SMC22307]

103. Great! Now I'm gonna be up too late Googling "Willis Wagons."

Between shooting down select DUers' smears on Sanders' civil rights record, and two excellent PBS specials (Whitney Young, and the Black Panthers), this has indeed been one big Black History Month for me.

[burrowowl]

98. K&R!!!!!!

[Hoyt]

101. Sanders deserves credit, but that pales compared to the beatings John Lewis took.

Those policemen don't even have their batons out, no dogs, no shackles, etc.

[SMC22307]

104. Or the beating James Zwerg took.

No one is suggesting Bernie's arrest is as severe -- only Camp Weathervane is attempting to make that comparison.

[mhatrw]

129. Are you sure about that? Capehart says that guy is Rappaport! nt

[sheshe2]

106. Yes, Amelia Boynton as well.

I posted images above Hoyt.

[Hoyt]

107. +1. Missed it. Have a tough time reading through all the BS BS nowadays.

[sheshe2]

108. Lol!

Me as well!

Good to see ya Hoyt!

[frylock]

120. What the fuck is the deal with the one-upmanship?

Has anyone here attempted to diminish John Lewis' contributions as a Civil Rights activist? You guys just cannot give Bernie his props. A year ago he would've been a fucking hero. No questions asked.

[beam me up scottie]

126. Word.

We knew they were going to be petty about it and they haven't disappointed.

[cali]

133. What about the beatings Hill took? Bernie is running against her, not Lewis, dear friend.

What about the many times Hill marched with union strikers? Oh that's right, fucking never. But she did cross the line.

[Ino]

121. Another photo

[Thinkingabout]

123. Again curly wavy hair.

[beam me up scottie]

125. Yes he had curly hair, why?

[Laughing Mirror]

137. That just can't be Sanders

Sanders has white hair.

[beam me up scottie]

139. LOL! Touche!

[mhatrw]

130. Is that you, Jonathan? nt

[hedgehog]

131. K&R Thank-you!

[Android3.14]

132. Someone needs to confront Mr. Lewis regarding his undermining

We bought multiple copies of the graphic novels he co-authored about the civil rights movement and donated a set to our local library.

I'm so disappointed.

[beam me up scottie]

134. John Lewis is cool, he clarified his statement:

John Lewis clarifies comments on Bernie Sanders

“I was responding to a reporter’s question who asked me to assess Sen. Sanders’ civil rights record. I said that when I was leading and was at the center of pivotal actions within the Civil Rights Movement, I did not meet Sen. Bernie Sanders at any time. The fact that I did not meet him in the movement does not mean I doubted that Sen. Sanders participated in the Civil Rights Movement, neither was I attempting to disparage his activism. Thousands sacrificed in the 1960s whose names we will never know, and I have always given honor to their contribution.”

http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/john-lewis-clarifies-comments-bernie-sanders

[Android3.14]

136. Might be cool with you, but I am still disappointed

Through his words, he pushed unearned links between the Clintons and the civil rights movement in order to promote a candidate conducting an unethical campaign while implying Sanders was lying or at least inflating his participation in one of the most dangerous movements in our history.

A clarification was not the way to be "cool" in this case.

[nadinbrzezinski]

145. I take those words as what they are

Within the beltway politics.

Truth be told, most kids these days, even after Selma and the two graphic novels, have maybe heard of all these guys and civil rights.

The way teaching units are structured they will here if MLK and Rosa Parks, to the frustration of some elders in the community.

This is how we teach history though. The past, is not just a foreign country, it is alien. Why endorsements these days are not worth much anymore, regardless of who does it. For the kids in the modern day struggle, the words of Erica Garner have more weight though. She's in the streets with them.

[madokie]

135. You know Bernie probably still has that watch

Our next President not only talks the talk he has walked the walk and continues to this very day. I'm proud to be a Bernie Sanders Supporter. A man of integrity, honest to a fault and good as gold. Hell he doesn't even have a closet to hide any shit in for them to dreg up in the general. GO BERNIE

[WiffenPoof]

141. Morning Joe/MSNBC Just Showed...

...this photo of Bernie. They seem to be acknowledging Bernie's long history of supporting AA issues.

[Uncle Joe]

151. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, Fawke Em.