Labor Icon Dolores Huerta Dies at 96
The longtime civil rights and labor activist, known for farm workers' rights and later immigration and voting advocacy, passed away at her Bakersfield home.
Dolores Huerta, a US civil rights and pioneering labor leader, died at age 96 on Wednesday at her home in Bakersfield, California, after a battle with cancer.
She first rose to prominence fighting for farm workers' rights in the 1960s and 1970s, a period that reshaped labor relations.
In later years she continued to address immigration and voting issues, extending her activism beyond labor.
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US civil rights leader Dolores Huerta dies aged 96
Huerta fought for farm workers' rights in the 1960s and 1970s and had continued to work addressing immigration and voting issues.
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Remembering pioneering labor leader and civil rights icon Dolores Huerta
Dolores Huerta, the pioneering labor leader and civil rights icon, died Wednesday from cancer at her home in Bakersfield, California. Amna Nawaz looks back at Huerta's life and legacy.
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- Dolores Huerta was a US civil rights leader and pioneering labor leader.
- Dolores Huerta died at the age of 96.
- Dolores Huerta fought for farm workers' rights in the 1960s and 1970s.
- Dolores Huerta continued to work addressing immigration and voting issues.
- Dolores Huerta died on Wednesday.
- Dolores Huerta died from cancer.
- Dolores Huerta died at her home in Bakersfield, California.
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