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Remembering Legendary Farmworker Organizer and Activist Dolores Huerta
Huerta wasn’t just an organizer — she also loved life, says journalist Maria Hinojosa.
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Immigrant rights and labor icon Dolores Huerta died Wednesday at the age of 96. Huerta co-founded the National Farm Workers Association in 1962 and then the United Farm Workers of America, working with Cesar Chavez. From 1965 to 1970, the union organized the historic Delano grape strike, which ended in major gains for farmworkers’ labor rights. In the years that followed…
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