While a student, he bused to Washington, D.C. He was involved in organizations seeking racial equality and peace, and was arrested in a demonstration protesting segregated housing in university-owned housing. Thus, Sanders spent a lot of time in the library, reading more about politics and issues, and less time on his studies. Otherwise, he felt out of place going to a university where most of the students came from wealthy backgrounds. When he went to the University of Chicago, about the only place he fit in was on the track team. He was a typical New York boy, playing games in the street like stick ball and he became a decent athlete. It was a habit that stuck with Sanders of learning through the written word. The Sanders household lived in an apartment and would be considered a working class family.Ī big influence and tormentor in Sanders’ early childhood was his older brother, Larry, who introduced him to the exploration found in reading books. On the biography side, most supporters know Sanders was born in Brooklyn to a father who immigrated from Poland without a red cent in his pocket. Bernie Sanders has written a book that is half autobiography, half a review of issues that led him to run for president and fueled his campaign.
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