# Farmworker and civil rights activist Dolores Huerta dies at 96

https://mins.news/en/item/119394

- NBC News, 2026-10-28 15:43 UTC
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- Original: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/obituaries/dolores-huerta-farmworker-civil-rights-activist-dies-96-rcna137901

> Huerta co-founded the United Farm Workers with César Chávez, improving conditions for the largely Latino farmworker population in the United States and reshaping the labor movement.

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