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Labor leader and civil rights icon Dolores Huerta dies at 96
Original: Dolores Huerta, pioneering labor leader and civil rights icon, dies at 96
Dolores Huerta, the pioneering labor leader and civil rights icon, has died at the age of 96. Huerta co-founded the United Farm Workers alongside Cesar Chavez and spent decades organizing farmworkers, campaigning for better wages and working conditions, and championing women's rights. Her decades of activism made her one of the most influential figures in American labor and civil rights history, and her death is prompting tributes and reflections on her legacy.
Why now: The death of a major civil rights and labor movement figure naturally prompts widespread tributes and reflections on her legacy.
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