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Dolores Huerta, United Farm Workers co-founder, reported dead at 96

Original: Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the United Farm Workers, died today at 96. For the record: she organized, negotiated, and

Posts report that Dolores Huerta, who co-founded the United Farm Workers with Cesar Chavez, has died at 96. She is credited with organizing, negotiating, and lobbying until farmworkers in California won legal rights, and continued registering voters for decades after. A post also notes she said in March that Cesar Chavez had sexually assaulted her. The reported death has not been confirmed by major news outlets.

Why now: The reported death of a major American labor leader and civil rights figure is circulating widely before official confirmation.

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• Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the United Farm Workers, died today at 96. For the record: she organized, negotiated, and lobbied until farmworkers had legal rights in California, then kept registering voters for decades. In March she said Cesar Chavez sexually assaulted her.… · crmunoz · 7

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