# US civil rights leader Dolores Huerta dies aged 96

https://mins.news/en/video/120061

- BBC News, 2026-10-29 02:30 UTC
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- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDM2ixVYPbI

> Dolores Huerta, a pioneering US civil rights leader who advocated for poor farm workers, has died at 96, her family announced. She campaigned for farm workers’ rights alongside Cesar Chavez and co-founded the United Farm Workers Union with him.

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