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