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Dolores Huerta, US labor leader and civil rights icon, dies at 96

Original: Dolores Huerta, US labor leader and force for human rights, dies at 96

Dolores Huerta, the American labor leader and human rights advocate, has died at the age of 96. Huerta co-founded the United Farm Workers and spent decades organizing farmworkers and campaigning for workers' rights, women's rights and social justice. Obituaries from major outlets are remembering her as one of the most influential figures in modern American labor and civil rights history.

Why now: News of the death of a major American civil rights and labor figure has just been reported by multiple outlets.

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• Dolores Huerta, US labor leader and force for human rights, dies at 96 · Reuters
• Dolores Huerta, US Labor Leader and Force for Human Rights, Dies at 96 · U.S. News & World Report

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