Dolores Huerta, civil rights and labor activist, dies at 96
Dolores Huerta, a pioneering Latina civil rights activist, co-founded the United Farm Workers and helped organize the Delano Grape Strike. She was born in New Mexico, served as UFW vice president for decades, and died at 96 from cancer. She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Honor in 2012.
- Huerta co-founded the United Farm Workers union.
- Huerta revealed she was sexually abused by César Chavez.
- Huerta was arrested more than 20 times.
- Dolores Huerta was born Dolores Clara Fernandez in Dawson, New Mexico.
- Huerta coined the phrase Sí, se puede!
- President Obama honored Dolores Huerta in 2012.
- California declared April Dolores Huerta Day in 2018.
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