Dolores Huerta, Labor Leader and Civil Rights Icon, Dies at 96
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Dolores Huerta, who co-founded what became known as the United Farm Workers union to help secure better pay for laborers, has died at age 96. Huerta’s team, in a statement shared through her foundation, said she passed away on Wednesday at home in Bakersfield, California, “surrounded by her close …
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