Bernie Sanders
Biography |
Bernard Sanders was born on September 8, 1941 in Brooklyn, NY. His father was of Jewish ancestry and born in Poland. He immigrated to the United States in 1921 at the age of 17. His mother was born in New York City to parents who had emigrated from Poland. Many of her relatives who remained in Poland died during the Holocaust. Sanders attended James Madison High School in Brooklyn. Within four year of his high school graduation, both of his parents had passed away. Sanders attended Brooklyn College for a year from 1959-1960 before transferring to the University of Chicago where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science in 1964. After his college graduation, he went on to attend graduate school at the New School for Social Research in New York.
While at the University of Chicago, Sanders was active in the Young People's Socialist League. He led a rally to protest the university president, George Wells Beadle's policy on segregated campus housing (see image one to the left). In 1963 Sanders attended the March on Washington, where MLK Jr. gave his, "I Have A Dream" speech. That same year Sanders was charged with resisting arrest at a civil rights protest and fined twenty-five dollars (see banner image). In 1980, at the suggestion of a professor at the University of Vermont, Sanders ran for mayor or Burlington, VT. He beat out Mayor Paquette, who had served as Burlington's mayor for five terms. After his win, Sanders served as the Mayor of Burlington from 1981-1989. Sanders then served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1991-2007, and then as the Vermont Senator from 2007-present. During his time in politics, Sanders opposed the invasion of Iraq in 2003, was a strong advocate for U.S. veterans and opposed the Bush Administration. As part of his presidential campaign, Sanders has advocated to make public universities free as well as supported LGBTQ rights and the idea that businesses should be required to provided paid parental leave. His opponent, Hillary Clinton, has been leading the race by a few hundred delegates since the beginning due to the super delegates present in the Democratic Party. However, because super delegates are able to change their votes at any time during the voting process if they were to move from Clinton to Sanders, it is most likely that Sanders would be in the lead. |
"Finally, let understand that when we stand together, we will always win. When men and women stand together for justice, we win. When black, white and Hispanic people stand together for justice, we win."
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