Bernie Sanders Huddles With Al Sharpton in Harlem

Feb. 10, 2016, 5:37 PM UTC / Updated Feb. 10, 2016, 5:37 PM UTC

By Matthew Nighswander

Fresh from his primary victory in New Hampshire, Bernie Sanders was in New York on Wednesday morning, having breakfast with Rev. Sharpton at Harlem's famous Sylvia's restaurant.

Sharpton told MSNBC's Tamron Hall that the topics he and Sanders discussed included the Flint water crisis and civil rights for African Americans.

South Carolina's primary on February 27 will be the first big test of Sanders' appeal to blacks.

Bernie Sanders Huddles With Al Sharpton in Harlem

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Image: Bernie Sanders Meets With Al Sharpton In New York — Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders waves to the crowd after a breakfast meeing Reverend Al Sharpton at Sylvia's in Harlem.Andrew Renneisen / Getty Images

Matthew Nighswander

Matt Nighswander joined NBCNews.com as a multimedia producer in July 2012. Nighswander is part of the team responsible for selecting photos for the site and creating original content based on photography. Among his individual responsibilities is the Month in Space slideshow. Nighswander reports to James Collins, director of photography.

Nighswander joined NBCNews.com from MSN.com, where he was a lead homepage photo editor.

Prior to his work at MSN, he was an international photo editor at The Associated Press and received an MFA in Photography from Columbia College Chicago.