Dolores Huerta, Labor Leader and Civil Rights Advocate, Dies at 96

Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the United Farm Workers alongside Cesar Chavez and a prominent labor and civil rights leader, has died at the age of 96. Earlier in 2026, she publicly revealed that she had been raped by Chavez decades earlier. Her passing marks the loss of a significant figure in American labor and civil rights history.

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