Sanders calls on students to join his fight in Chicago stop

CHICAGO (AP) - Bernie Sanders is calling on thousands of college students to join him in fighting for a $15 minimum wage and women's rights.

The Democratic presidential candidate and independent senator from Vermont spoke Monday before about 2,000 students at the University of Chicago.

Sanders graduated in 1964 from the university, where as a student he led protests against racial segregation.

The event had echoes of those held by President Barack Obama, who campaigned aggressively on college campuses and relied on young voters to help him win two terms.

Obama also taught at the university, which is near his Chicago home and the future site of his presidential library.

Sanders says, "We need the idealism and the energy and the intelligence of millions of young people to join us."