Civil rights leader Dolores Huerta dies at 96

By Susan Montoya Bryan for Associated Press
Originally published Oct. 28, 2026

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 phrase “Sí, se puede!” that became a widespread rallying cry, has died. She was 96.

Huerta’s family said in a statement through her foundation that she died Wednesday at home…

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