Dolores Huerta, labor and civil rights leader, dies
The gist
Labor and civil rights leader Dolores Huerta, who co-founded the United Farm Workers, died at 96.
Her death closes a decades-long career of strikes, arrests and honors.
How it unfolded
- 1960sHuerta co-founded with Cesar Chavez what became the United Farm Workers.
- 1960s and '70sShe led strikes and boycotts that unionized many California table-grape growers.
- 1988At 58, she was assaulted by a police officer while protesting the policies of then-presidential candidate George H.W. Bush in San Francisco.