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

WCCB CharlotteBy Associated PressOctober 28, 2026

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Dolores Huerta, who co-founded the United Farm Workers union to improve working conditions in the nation's fruit and vegetable fields and coined the enduring “Sí, se puede!” rallying cry, has died. She was 96.

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