''Every seat in the theater in LA filled up so Bernie went outside to talk to the people ... ''

[Sophia4]

434. That's great. It was the 1960s, and not that many white males were interested

in marching or demonstrating for civil rights. I was actually alive at that time. I remember. Good people demonstrated, but it was not as easy or common as it would be today.

I can see the difference in my family. There was a poll on DU today about whether our families are racially mixed. In the 1960s, a racially mixed family was rare. Neither I nor any of my siblings married people of other races. But it is quite different for our children. And one of my nephews adopted two African-American children although he and his wife are white. Several of the children of my generation are married to people of color including one of my own daughters and two other sister's daughters.

Times have changed. Bernie was ahead of most people of his time when it comes to civil rights.