I'm posting this here even though I'm worried how people will respond. DU made Snopes!

[gollygee]

(Something about not killing the messenger . ..)

So did this actually start here? Does anybody remember when it first came up here?

It says that the photo we see all the time supposedly showing Bernie Sanders marching with MLK probably isn't Bernie Sanders. The first place to make that claim is DU and Sanders has never said it's him.

http://www.snopes.com/sanders-mlk-selma-march/

ORIGIN:On 20 January 2016, the web site Democratic Underground posted a photograph purportedly showing Bernie Sanders participating in a 1965 civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery (Alabama) with Martin Luther King, Jr. The web site identified the man standing "behind Coretta King, just right of Old Glory in the glasses, white 't' shirt, open collar and dark jacket" as the future United States senator and 2016 Democratic presidential candidate:

The above-displayed image was taken on 26 March 1965, and a caption to the photograph provided by licenser Corbis Images identifies Martin Luther King, Jr. along with several other prominent political leaders but makes no mention of Bernie Sanders:

Dr. Martin Luther King (C) leads thousands of civil rights demonstrators out on the last leg of their Selma to Montgomery 50-mile hike. Others identifiable in the front row include John Davis (2nd from L) of SNCC, King's aide Reverend Ralph Abernathy (3rd from L), Dr. Ralph Bunche (5th from L), Mrs. King (next to her husband) and Reverend Hosea Williams (carrying little girl, R).

This photograph has been widely available for decades, but it wasn't until January 2016 that Bernie Sanders' name became associated with a face in the crowd. Although Sanders has stated that he did participate in the landmark "March on Washington" civil rights event of August 1963 (where Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his iconic "I Have a Dream" speech), we haven't found any record of Sanders' stating that he was also present at any other civil rights march involving Martin Luther King, Jr:

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

1. How will we respond? Probably the same as folks responded the last time this was posted.

Somebody made a big to-do of this a month or two back.

[gollygee]

2. Oh, I just saw it

I friend posted an article about Sanders and Facebook had three other "related articles" come up, and this was one. I will do a site search.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

4. No biggie either way - as you said, Sanders has never claimed that was him in the photo.

I think someone even said it might have even been a different march he said he did walk in.

[gollygee]

7. It was interesting to see DU mentioned. But yeah, it doesn't really say anything about Sanders.

Just about someone at DU, who must have thought it looked like him.

[gollygee]

5. I found it

It looks like that person claimed this was evidence that Sanders didn't march with MLK, but it just shows that this photo probably isn't him. I am confident he did participate in the march.

(And to Apple: the word "march" is not just a month and is not always capitalized! Stop trying to autocorrect me!)

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

6. You're better with search than me.

I can never find anything again using site search

[KamaAina]

3. Wait a minute. You mean the moon bombing fiasco didn't make Snopes?!

[mattvermont]

8. Although not the first, I was one who

posted this on January 21st. All I can say is that it sure looks like him. Has he denied that it is him?
I have attended a number of marches, and I would not be able to confirm or deny my presence at some specific marches
even 30 years ago, let alone 55 years ago. Really no big deal, either way. More fascinating, than anything else.

[valerief]

9. Well, if Bernie doesn't claim it's him, we can't assume it is. The guy sure does

look like a young Bernie, though.

[B Calm]

10. Free publicity for DU.

[11 Bravo]

11. I'd like to hear from Bernie about this. If he says it's him ...

then for my money, that's that.

[Gman]

12. Soon they'll be demonizing Snopes and fact checkers

Like the right wing does. They learned well.