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Dolores Huerta On The Civil Rights Movement & Current Organizing Efforts

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June 16, 2017 – Civil Rights leader Dolores Huerta was born in Dawson, New Mexico but grew up in California. In the 1960s, she and César Chávez founded the National Farm Workers Association, now the United Farm Workers (UFW). Huerta sat down earlier this year with correspondent Russell Contreras to talk about history, political organizing, and what she sees…

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Dolores Huerta Talks About Organizing And Her Hopes For the Future

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April 1, 2017 – Civil rights leader Dolores Huerta is in New Mexico this weekend for events to honor her and fellow organizer César E. Chávez. Huerta was born in Dawson, New Mexico and rose to national prominence as an organizer and activist for farm workers in California in the 1960s. Huerta and Chávez founded…

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