Dolores Huerta, labor activist and civil rights icon, dies at 96
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Summary
Dolores Huerta, the labor and civil rights leader who co-founded the group that became the United Farm Workers, has died at 96, her family said. She remained active in advocacy into her 90s and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012.Key Facts
- Huerta co-founded the organization with César Chávez that later became the United Farm Workers.
- Her family said she died at home on Wednesday and asked for privacy as they grieved.
- Huerta continued marching and speaking about race, poverty, LGBTQ+ rights and women’s rights into her 90s.
- Her Spanish-language slogan “Sí se puede” means “Yes, it can be done.”
- President Barack Obama presented Huerta with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012.
- In 2026, Huerta said Chávez sexually abused her in the 1960s and that they had two children together.
- Huerta had four children with Richard Chávez, César Chávez’s brother, and seven children from two earlier marriages.
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