Dolores Huerta, labor activist and civil rights icon, dies at 96
Dolores Huerta, the labor activist and civil rights leader who co-founded with Cesar Chavez the group that later became the United Farm Workers, has died, her family said in a statement posted to social media . She was 96.
Huerta's family said in a statement through her foundation that she died Wednesday at home.
"As you can imagine, this is an incredibly difficult time for us, and we ask for privacy as we grieve this incredible loss to our family," the family said. "We know that many of you around the world share in our mourning."
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