Dolores Huerta, influential labor leader, feminist and civil rights icon, dies at 96
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- Deadline Hollywood·5h agoDolores Huerta Biopic Update Shared As Filmmaker Gregory Nava Mourns Civil Rights Icon Following Her Death At 96
Frida screenwriter and Selena writer/director Gregory Nava is mourning the loss of his friend Dolores Huerta, the civil rights icon who died today at age 96. Nava and his wife Barbara Martinez Jitner were by Huerta’s side in her final moments. “We were blessed to be by Dolores’s…
Read at Deadline Hollywood → - Rolling Stone·9h agoBecky G Remembers ‘True Legend’ Dolores Huerta: ‘Knowing You is One of My Life’s Greatest Joys’
The labor leader and civil rights icon died on Wednesday at 96
Read at Rolling Stone → - Guardian World·11h agoTributes pour in for labor leader Dolores Huerta: ‘Fought for farm workers to the very end’
Lawmakers, activists and union leaders across the US remember the co-founder of United Farm Workers union Following the news that Dolores Huerta – the civil rights icon who popularized the rallying cry “Sí, se puede! – had died at the age of 96 on Wednesday, activists, lawmakers…
Read at Guardian World → - ABC News Top·11h agoDolores Huerta, civil rights icon, dies at 96
Dolores Huerta, who co-founded the United Farm Workers, has died at 96, her family said.
Read at ABC News Top → - Forbes Business·13h agoDolores Huerta Spoke To Forbes About Her Legacy And Continued Activism 1 Year Before Her Death
The civil rights and labor activist died on Thursday at age 96, her family said.
Read at Forbes Business → - NPR News Now·17h agoDolores Huerta, influential labor leader, feminist and civil rights icon, dies at 96
Huerta co-founded the United Farm Workers union to improve working conditions in the nation's fruit and vegetable fields and coined the phrase "Sí, se puede!" that became a widespread rallying cry.
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