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

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.

Sanders, then a University of Chicago student, was protesting racial segregation on the city's South Side. Sanders was found guilty of resisting arrest and fined $25.

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