Jane Sanders, wife of Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders Bernie SandersMcConnell accuses Democrats of sowing division by 'downplaying progress' on election security The Hill's Campaign Report: Arizona shifts towards Biden | Biden prepares for drive-in town hall | New Biden ad targets Latino voters Why Democrats must confront extreme left wing incitement to violence MORE, said on Saturday that newly unearthed photos and videos of the Vermont senator being arrested for his activism in the '60s were proof of his long-standing commitment to civil rights.

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"Well I think his opponent is trying to cast him as not having much of a civil rights record," she said, referring to Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonHillicon Valley: FBI chief says Russia is trying to interfere in election to undermine Biden | Treasury Dept. sanctions Iranian government-backed hackers The Hill's Campaign Report: Arizona shifts towards Biden | Biden prepares for drive-in town hall | New Biden ad targets Latino voters FBI chief says Russia is trying to interfere in election to undermine Biden MORE, during an interview on CNN.

"A picture is worth a thousand words, I guess."

She went on to detail examples of her husband's activism and mentioned that they went to Selma, Al., for the 50th anniversary of the "Bloody Sunday" demonstration there during the civil rights movement.

A video surfaced this week that showed a young man who resembles Sanders being arrested and dragged away by police officers. The campaign confirmed it was the senator when he was a college student at the University of Chicago.