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. She was 96.
Huerta’s family said in a statement through her California-based foundation that she died Wednesday. Family spokesperson Erik Olvera told The Associated Press that Huerta died of cancer at her home in Bakersfield and was surrounded by family.
“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.”…