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Dolores Huerta, United Farm Workers co-founder and civil rights leader, dies aged 96
October 28, 2026 at 05:57 PM
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Dolores Huerta, California labor leader and civil rights champion, dies aged 96
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US civil rights leader Dolores Huerta dies aged 96
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Dolores Huerta, pioneering labor leader and civil rights icon, dies at 96
(opens the publisher’s site)Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the United Farm Workers union, died Wednesday in California at age 96, her family announced.
- Huerta died Wednesday in California at age 96, her family said in a statement announcing the loss.
- Huerta co-founded the United Farm Workers with Cesar Chavez and led strikes and boycotts for farm workers' pay and conditions in the 1960s and 1970s.
- Huerta told the New York Times this year that Chavez raped her in 1966 and pressured her into sex, resulting in two pregnancies she kept secret.
- Chavez's family said they were "devastated" by the reports and praised the women's courage in coming forward.