# Dolores Huerta, pioneering labor organizer and civil rights icon, dies at 96

https://mins.news/en/item/119399

- CNN, 2026-10-28 15:58 UTC
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- Original: https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/28/us/dolores-huerta-dead?Date=20261028&Profile=cnnbrk

> Dolores Huerta, a pioneering labor organizer and civil rights figure who co-founded the United Farm Workers with Cesar Chavez in the 1960s, has died at 96, her family said.

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