Dolores Huerta, United Farm Workers Co-Founder, Dies at 96

Dolores Huerta, who co-founded the United Farm Workers with Cesar Chavez, has died at 96, The New York Times reported.

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Dolores Huerta, a co-founder of the United Farm Workers alongside Cesar Chavez, has died at age 96, according to The New York Times.

In early 2026, Huerta told the newspaper that Chavez had raped her decades earlier.

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