This striking photo shows Bernie Sanders getting arrested at a 1963 civil rights protest

Bernie Sanders, 21, gets arrested at civil rights protest
(Image credit: Chicago Tribune/Twitter)

The Chicago Tribune whipped out an archival photo of Bernie Sanders at age 21 on Saturday. The image, which shows the Democratic presidential hopeful's 1963 arrest, has been confirmed by Sanders himself.

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Julie Kliegman

Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.