California is mourning a champion of the people. Dolores Huerta was a pioneering civil rights leader, fearless in her commitment to fighting for farmworkers and working people.
I join the world in mourning her loss. Sí, se puede.
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Dolores Huerta, Who Founded United Farm Workers With Cesar Chavez, Dies
She founded the United Farm Workers with Cesar Chavez. In early 2026, she told The Times that she had been raped by him decades earlier. She was 96.