Dolores Huerta leaves behind a rich legacy of helping farmworkers win landmark labor protections, securing protections for immigrants, and mentoring a new generation of leaders.
The world is better because of her work—my heart is with her loved ones and community navigating the grief of this loss.
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Dolores Huerta, farmworker and civil rights activist, dies at 96
Huerta co-founded the United Farm Workers with César Chávez, improving the lives of the country's mostly Latino farmworkers and changing the course of the labor movement.